George Daniell (photographer)

George Daniell (1911–2002), was an American portrait photographer and artist.[1]

George Daniell was born in Yonkers, New York.[2]

Daniell's father killed himself in front of his family at the dinner table, but he went on to receive a bachelor's degree in painting and photography from Yale University.[2][3]

Daniell worked for Time and Life magazines, and photographed Audrey Hepburn, Tennessee Williams, Lena Horne, Robert De Niro, and Georgia O’Keeffe.[3]

He was gay, and in a forty-year relationship with the artist Stephen Dorland, until his death in 1983, after which his companion was Roy Oxley, 55 years younger than him.[2] He died in 2002 from complications following a stroke.[4]

References
  1. "View George Daniell art prices and auction results". www.invaluable.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. "At 90, Still In Pursuit Of Beauty". The New York Times. 29 July 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. "Daniell, George". josephsaxton.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. "George Daniell, photographer, dies – Amarillo.com – Amarillo Globe-News". amarillo.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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