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Pools. 1. From USD $3,720 per night. Read more. Some of the finest villas in Barbados were designed by Oliver Messel who was originally a portrait painter, later a leading theatre, film and set designer and who, at the age of 55, moved from England to Barbados and started his new career as an architect and interior designer.
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel, né le 13 janvier 1904 et mort le 13 juillet 1978, est un artiste et décorateur de théâtre anglais, oncle de Lord Snowdon.
Oliver Messel, one of Britain’s foremost stage designers, was commissioned in 1953 to design a lavish suite for The Dorchester. His highly stylised and imaginative work spanned musicals, theatre, ballet, opera and film.
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel. Sitter in 27 portraits. Set and costume designer for theatre, opera, ballet and film. Messel's first professional commission was for the ballet Zephyr and Flora (1925). By the early 1930s, Messel was established as one of the foremost stage designers in Britain with an imaginative flair and highly-stylised approach.
As Messel explained, I attempted use every device to make as much magic as possible.” Another of Georgia Fanshawe’s vignettes vividly conveys this. “The first time I went to Mustique was as a young girl in 1974. I remember we stayed overnight in Barbados at Oliver Messel’s house, Maddox. We had dinner by candlelight in his beautiful garden.
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel. Sitter in 27 portraits. Set and costume designer for theatre, opera, ballet and film. Messel's first professional commission was for the ballet Zephyr and Flora (1925). By the early 1930s, Messel was established as one of the foremost stage designers in Britain with an imaginative flair and highly-stylised approach.
The Messel family successfully established itself in their new environment, with Ludwig’s elder son Leonard rising to become High Sheriff of Sussex in 1936. Leonard’s younger two children Anne and Oliver Messel were celebrated figures in London society during the interwar years, and Oliver found lasting fame as the leading British stage designer of the mid-twentieth century.
