Yolanda Sonnabend [SEP] occupation
Yolanda Sonnabend
Yolanda Sonnabend (26 March 1935 – 9 November 2015) was a British theatre and ballet designer and painter, primarily of portraits.
Early life.
Sonnabend was born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the younger child of a sociologist, Dr Henry Sonnabend, and a physician, Dr Fira Sonnabend, both Jewish. Her father was of German descent and her mother was of Russian descent. They met at Padua University in the 1920s and emigrated to South Africa in 1930. Her
Portrait Gallery. A retrospective of her work was held at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 1985-86.
Death.
She died in England on 9 November 2015, aged 80. She was unmarried and survived by her brother, Dr Joseph Sonnabend. Earlier in the year, Yolanda and Joseph Sonnabend were profiled in the documentary film "Some Kind of Love".
External links.
- Yolanda Sonnabend | Exhibitions on artist-info.com