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Nov. 19, 2025
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a hand made turquoise silk Indian gown worn by Lady Glenconner at the Peacock ball 1986
Est: £500 - £800
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a hand made turquoise silk Indian gown worn by Lady Glenconner at the Peacock ball 1986 Comprising a cropped silk top with bracelet sleeves and a long, full skirt heavily embroidered with gold thread, approx. measurements: top: 32' bust, 20' long; skirt: 28' waist, 44' long (2)
Bonhams
Nov. 19, 2025
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a silk ballgown designed for Lady Glenconner for the Peacock Ball 1986
Est: £500 - £800
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a silk ballgown designed for Lady Glenconner for the Peacock Ball 1986 The ballgown pale mint green silk with tonal floral embroidery and silver bead highlights, round neckline with half length sleeves, full skirt with net underskirt, with beaded silk chiffon shawl and knotted tie to waist, approx. measurements bust 33', 27' waist, 57' long (3)
Bonhams
Nov. 19, 2025
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) The Peacock Ball: (4)
Est: £600 - £1,000
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) The Peacock Ball: A set of four costume designs created for Lady Glenconner, Princess Margaret, Tatiana Soskin and Susannah Constantine two signed 'Carl Toms' (lower left); one signed 'Carl Toms' (lower right) watercolour, pencil and gold pen on paper 43.5 x 30cm (17 1/8 x 11 13/16in). 4
Bonhams
Jun. 15, 2025
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (United Kingdom, 1927 - 1999) TITLE: The Magician - Swan Lake MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: One minor tear to the right edge. Framed under glass. ART SIZE: 25 x 20 inches / 63 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 135016 US SHIPPING: $149 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company. In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham. In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale. Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 13, 2025
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (United Kingdom, 1927 - 1999) TITLE: The Magician - Swan Lake MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: One minor tear to the right edge. Framed under glass. ART SIZE: 25 x 20 inches / 63 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 135016 US SHIPPING: $149 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company. In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham. In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale. Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 12, 2025
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Three costume designs
Est: £200 - £300
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Three costume designs * Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Costume design for Harlequinade, circa 1988, pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper, signed, character and production title in pencil to top margin 'Arthur Gosport / Harlequinade', minor staining to lower margin, mount aperture 51 x 38 cm (20 x 15 ins), framed and glazed (55.5 x 42.5 cm), together with Costume Design for Rough Crossing, circa 1984, pencil and watercolour on paper, signed, character, production and dedication in pencil to upper margin: 'Rough Crossing', 'Turai act 2' and 'for Frank / with love & gratitude', sheet size 45 x 31.5 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (50 x 40 cm), plus another costume design by the same designer, signed, framed and glazed QTY: (3) NOTE: Provenance: From the collection of Frank Davidson, a former Head Tailor and Cutter at the National Theatre and later a Director at the theatrical costumiers Bermans & Nathans Ltd. Harlequinade by Terence Rattigan was performed by the Royalty Theatre Company from 11 March to 30 April 1988, at Royalty Theatre, Kingsway, London.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Feb. 02, 2025
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (United Kingdom, 1927 - 1999) TITLE: The Magician - Swan Lake MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: One minor tear to the right edge. Framed under glass. ART SIZE: 25 x 20 inches / 63 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: lower right ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 135016 US SHIPPING: $139 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company. In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham. In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale. Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 13, 2024
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960
Est: £200 - £300
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960 * Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait sketches of members of the premiere cast of the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960, watercolour and pencil on wove paper, three with heightening in white, a mixture of full-face, half-profile and profile poses, each with character and corresponding singer's name in pencil, some with additional design notes in blue biro, occasional light handling creases, each sheet 37.5 x 25 cm QTY: (12) NOTE: Carl Toms designed the set and costumes for Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Britten adapted the libretto with Peter Pears from Shakespeare's play of the same name, and it was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer. These designs all feature members of the cast and were presumably used as a reference for Toms during the design process. Some include additional notes referencing singer's hair designs: 'extra piece to pin on', 'height here' and 'pepper with salt grey flecks'. Characters and singers (as inscribed) include: Lysander - Mr George Maran, Demetrius - Mr Thomas Hemsley, Hermia - Miss Marjorie Thomas, Helena - Mrs April Cantelo, Hypolita, Mrs Joanna Peters, Theseus - Mr Forbes Robinson, Bottom - Mr Owen Brannigan, Quince - Mr Norman Lumsden, Flute - Mr Peter Pears, Snug - Mr David Kelly, Snout - Mr Edward Byles, Starveling - Mr Jospeh Ward.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 03, 2024
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (United Kingdom, 1927 - 1999) TITLE: The Magician - Swan Lake MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: One minor tear to the right edge. Framed under glass. ART SIZE: 25 x 20 inches / 63 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: lower right ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 135016 US SHIPPING: $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company. In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham. In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale. Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960
Est: £400 - £600
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960 * Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait sketches of members of the premiere cast of the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960, watercolour and pencil on wove paper, three with heightening in white, a mixture of full-face, half-profile and profile poses, each with character and corresponding singer's name in pencil, some with additional design notes in blue biro, occasional light handling creases, each sheet 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins) QTY: (12) NOTE: Carl Toms designed the set and costumes for Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Britten adapted the libretto with Peter Pears from Shakespeare's play of the same name, and it was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer. These designs all feature members of the cast and were presumably used as a reference for Toms during the design process. Some include additional notes referencing singer's hair designs: 'extra piece to pin on', 'height here' and 'pepper with salt grey flecks'. Characters and singers (as inscribed) include: Lysander - Mr George Maran, Demetrius - Mr Thomas Hemsley, Hermia - Miss Marjorie Thomas, Helena - Mrs April Cantelo, Hypolita, Mrs Joanna Peters, Theseus - Mr Forbes Robinson, Bottom - Mr Owen Brannigan, Quince - Mr Norman Lumsden, Flute - Mr Peter Pears, Snug - Mr David Kelly, Snout - Mr Edward Byles, Starveling - Mr Jospeh Ward.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 12, 2024
CARL TOMS (British, 1927 - 1999). Romeo, Watercolor and graphite on paper. Signed lower left hand corner. Framed. Not examined out of f
Est: $80 - $120
CARL TOMS (British, 1927 - 1999). Romeo, Watercolor and graphite on paper. Signed lower left hand corner. Framed. Not examined out of frame. - Sight: 20 x 12.5 inches The lifelong collection of Bernie Delia
Sloans & Kenyon
Jul. 25, 2024
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960
Est: £700 - £1,000
Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies for A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960 * Toms (Carl, 1927-1999). Twelve original portrait studies of members of the premiere cast of the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1960, watercolour and pencil on wove paper, three with heightening in white, a mixture of full-face, half-profile and profile poses, each with character and corresponding singer's name in pencil, some with additional design notes in blue biro, occasional light handling creases, each sheet 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins) QTY: (12) NOTE: Characters and singers (as inscribed) include: Lysander - Mr George Maran | Demetrius - Mr Thomas Hemsley | Hermia - Miss Marjorie Thomas | Helena - Mrs April Cantelo | Hypolita (sic) - Mrs Joanna (sic) Peters | Theseus - Mr Forbes Robinson | Bottom - Mr Owen Brannigan | Quince - Mr Norman Lumsden | Flute - Mr Peter Pears | Snug - Mr David Kelly | Snout - Mr Edward Byles | Starveling - Mr Jospeh Ward Carl Toms designed the set and costumes for Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream. Britten adapted the libretto with Peter Pears from Shakespeare's play of the same name, and it was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer. These designs all feature premiere members of the cast and were presumably used as a reference for Toms during the design process. Some include additional notes referencing singer's hair designs: 'extra piece to pin on', 'height here' and 'pepper with salt grey flecks'.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 17, 2024
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) "The Magician - Swan Lake"
Est: $100 - $300
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) "The Magician - Swan Lake", watercolor painting with gouache highlights, signed. Framed. Size: 24'' x 19'', 61 x 48 cm (sight); 35.5'' x 30.25'', 90 x 77 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Apr. 29, 2024
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) "The Magician - Swan Lake"
Est: $150 - $300
Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) "The Magician - Swan Lake", watercolor painting with gouache highlights, signed. Framed. Size: 24'' x 19'', 61 x 48 cm (sight); 35.5'' x 30.25'', 90 x 77 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Jul. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $360 - $450
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 40 x 60 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120983 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $425 - $525
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall Study with Various Birds MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 28 inches / 48 x 71 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches / 50 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120982 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 09, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $400 - $525
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 40 x 60 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120983 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 09, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall Study with Various Birds MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 28 inches / 48 x 71 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches / 50 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120982 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $400 - $525
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 40 x 60 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120983 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $450 - $600
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall Study with Various Birds MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 28 inches / 48 x 71 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches / 50 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120982 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $650
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Out a Doorway to a River Landscape with German Shepherd MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120985 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $650
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Through a Doorway Onto a Country Estate MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120984 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 10, 2022
Posner the Goldsmith; Soldier
Est: £400 - £600
Carl Toms 1927 - 1999 Posner the Goldsmith; Soldier one signed Carl Toms (lower left); titled and inscribed (upper right); and the other signed Carl Toms (lower right); titled and inscribed (upper right); also signed Carl Toms (on the reverse) wash and pencil on paper; wash, ink and pencil on paper each unframed: 52 by 38.5cm.; 20½ by 15¼in. each framed: 87 by 73cm.; 34 by 28¾in. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Oct. 09, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 40 x 60 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120983 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall Study with Various Birds MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 28 inches / 48 x 71 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches / 50 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120982 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Out a Doorway to a River Landscape with German Shepherd MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120985 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Through a Doorway Onto a Country Estate MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120984 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 40 x 60 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120983 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Interior Wall Study with Various Birds MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 28 inches / 48 x 71 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches / 50 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120982 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Out a Doorway to a River Landscape with German Shepherd MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120985 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Carl Toms (UK,1927-1999) watercolor painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Carl Toms (British, 1927 - 1999) NAME: Looking Through a Doorway Onto a Country Estate MEDIUM: watercolor and gouache on paper CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches / 45 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 22 inches / 45 x 55 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120984 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Carl Toms was born in 1927 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. His parents were both tailors and neither of them entirely approved of Toms' choice to work in the theatre, preferring that he become an architect. Even after he had made his name in the theatre, his mother would still ask when he intended to get "proper" employment. As a teenager, Toms first studied at the Mansfield College of Art in Mansfield where he met and befriended Alan Tagg, who would also become a notable stage designer. They were both greatly influenced by a young teacher from Yorkshire, Hazel Hemsworth.Toms left Mansfield in the early 1940s to serve in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War II. After the war, he went to the Royal College of Art where he studied with Cecil Beaton among others. Toms left the Royal College of Art to train under Margaret Harris, George Devine and Michel Saint-Denis at the Old Vic School in the late 1940s. It was Harris, however, who influenced the next major course of his life by introducing Toms to Oliver Messel with whom he would eventually apprentice with from 1952 to 1957.Toms' first job under Messel was to make models for a penthouse suite at the Dorchester Hotel. At the same time Messel was working on a new ballet for the Royal Opera House commissioned to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and three successive operas at Glyndebourne Festival, all of which Toms assisted on. Messel had a strong interest and passion for French culture which highly influenced his work. As a result, Toms' work became highly influenced by French designers, painters, and musicians as well. Many of the masks and models Toms made during this period are now on display at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden which display this influence.After leaving Messel in 1958, Toms worked on the opera Susanna's Secret for the Glyndebourne Festival and for various West End theatre productions. In 1960 he designed the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Aldeburgh Festival. He then worked with many English non-profit companies, including the Old Vic and the National Theatre, where he designed sets and costumes for Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Marlowe's Edward II, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Provok'd Wife for which Toms won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he designed the 1989 production of the Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Toms also worked frequently with the English Stage Company.In 1969, Toms was appointed consultant for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, for which he received the Order of the British Empire. There followed commissions to redecorate several West End theatres including the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and, most notably, the Theatre Royal, Bath, which he restored to its former glory in 1982. In 1990 he took on the task of restoring the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, London, which had been designed by Frank Matcham.In 1970, Toms began to work in the American theatre and won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in 1975 for his production design of Sherlock Holmes. During this time, Toms met and befriended Tom Stoppard with whom he would work frequently on plays in both New York and London productions. Toms also worked on nine films during his career, including the cult classic One Million Years BC, starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini of Toms' devising; and other cave epics, including Prehistoric Women (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). He also was the production designer for a 1968 film of The Winter's Tale.Toms died of emphysema on 4 August 1999 in Hertfordshire, England, aged 72.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 30, 2022
† Carl Toms OBE (1927-1999) ‘Stage costume design for Vivien Leigh in Camille’, pastel on paper, signed to lower left corner, 37 cm x 24 cm, together with another by the same hand, for ‘Titania’, 37 cm x 26 cm, each framed and glazed.
Est: £350 - £450
† Carl Toms OBE (1927-1999) ‘Stage costume design for Vivien Leigh in Camille’, pastel on paper, signed to lower left corner, 37 cm x 24 cm, together with another by the same hand, for ‘Titania’, 37 cm x 26 cm, each framed and glazed.
Dawsons Auctioneers
Feb. 19, 2022
FOUR CARL TOMS WATERCOLOR STUDIES FOR MURALS
Est: $800 - $1,200
TOMS, Carl, (English, 1927-1999): Four Watercolor and Gouache Studies for Murals: 1) Looking Out a Doorway to a River Landscape with German Shepherd, sight size 17.5'' x 21.5'', pencil signed lower right, framed, 18.25'' x 22.25''; 2) Looking Through a Doorway Onto a Country Estate, 17.5'' x 21.5'', signed lower left, framed, 18.25'' x 22.25''; 3) Interior Wall, sight size 15'' x 23.25'', pencil signed lower right, framed, 15.5'' x 24''; 4) Interior Wall Study with Various Birds, sight size 19.25'' x 28.25'', framed, 19.75'' x 29''.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Oct. 26, 2021
Â§ CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999)
Est: £100 - £200
Â§ CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999) CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999) Costume design for 3 Kings Soldiers signed (lower right), titled (upper right) and inscribed and dedicated (within the plate) watercolour, pen and black ink with applied fabric and fabric swatches pinned to the sheet 58 x 38 cm
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 15, 2021
Â§ CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999)
Est: £150 - £250
Â§ CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999) CARL TOMS (BRITISH 1927-1999) Costume design for 3 Kings Soldiers signed (lower right), titled (upper right) and inscribed and dedicated (within the plate) watercolour, pen and black ink with applied fabric and fabric swatches pinned to the sheet 58 x 38 cm
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 24, 2020
THE DESIGN FOR THE INVESTITURE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1969: Carl T
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
THE DESIGN FOR THE INVESTITURE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1969: Carl Toms O.B.E. (1927-1999) Design for the dais and podium for the Investiture of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at Caenarfon Castle, signed 'Carl Toms' (lower right) 22 3/4 x 32 3/4 in. (57.8 x 83.2 cm.) framed Executed circa 1969., Design for the dais and podium for the Investiture of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at Caenarfon Castle,,
Christie's
May. 08, 2018
CARL TOMS (British d.1999)
Est: £100 - £140
CARL TOMS (British d.1999) Costume design for an exotic imagined primate. Signed lower left. Watercolour pencil and gouache. Mounted and framed. 36 x 23cm (14 x 9ins) Footnote: Carl Toms designed for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Covent Garden, The National Theatre and The Metropolitain Opera N.Y.
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 28, 2018
CARL TOMS (1927-1999)
Est: £300 - £500
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE lithograph 64 x 43cm Carl Toms studied under the great Oliver Messel as an apprentice. Following this he went on to design sets for a number of prominent theatrical companies and groups. He designed the world premiere of Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream in 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival. He won a CBE for his work as consultant for the Investiture of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. He also worked in American theatres, and worked on, among other films, One Million Years B.C., designing Raquel Welch's iconic costume.
Olympia Auctions
Jun. 21, 2017
Carl Toms (1927 - 1999), watercolour costume design - Miss Vivien Leigh, Ma
Est: £100 - £150
Carl Toms (1927 - 1999), watercolour costume design - Miss Vivien Leigh, Marguerite (The Lady of the Camellias), signed and inscribed, in painted frame, 21cm x 31cm
Reeman Dansie
Nov. 19, 2015
Carl Toms (1927-1999) -
Est: £200 - £300
Carl Toms (1927-1999) - Two watercolours - Theatrical costume design, one depicting a lady wearing a peacock feather cape with conforming headdress and fan, 37cm x 25.5cm, the other depicting a Siamese lady, 37cm x 24cm, each signed A.R.
Clevedon Salerooms Ltd.
Jun. 29, 2014
Carl Toms "Romeo," costume design watercolor
Est: $100 - $200
(British, 1927-1999). watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper, signed "Carl Toms" ll, sight size 20 x 12 1/2 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Feb. 10, 2013
Toms, Asian Couple, Pen and Ink
Est: $300 - $500
Carl Toms (United Kingdom 1927-1999), Asian couple, pen and ink drawing, under glass, 16 1/4"h x 11 3/4"w (sight), 23"h x 19"w (frame).
Kaminski Auctions
Nov. 17, 2012
Vivien Leigh Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) Miss
Est: £300 - £400
Vivien Leigh Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999) Miss Vivien Leigh - The Lady of the Camellias signed and titled, watercolour, costume design 20in x 14in (51cm x 35.5cm), framed. Lot note: Vivien Leigh played in a version of The Lady of the Camellias with the Old Vic on their tour of Australia, New Zealand and South America in 1961-1962.
Chilcotts
Sep. 19, 2012
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design for
Est: £150 - £250
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design for Vivat Regina - Dudley, Chichester Festival Theatre Signed and titled Dudley...
Woolley & Wallis
Sep. 19, 2012
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design,
Est: £150 - £250
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design, Vivat Regina - Darnley, Chichester Festival Theatre Signed, titled Darnley and...
Woolley & Wallis
Sep. 19, 2012
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design for
Est: £150 - £250
‡ Carl Toms (1927-1999) Costume design for Vivat Regina performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1970...
Woolley & Wallis
Jun. 19, 2012
Carl Toms OBE, British 1927-1999- Pugs wedding
Est: £400 - £600
Carl Toms OBE, British 1927-1999- Pugs wedding photo; watercolour, signed, 25x33cm: together with two further watercolours by the same artist depicting three pugs dressed in costume posing for a family photograph and a pair of pugs playing croquet, both signed, oval 17.5x24cm and 15.5x21cm, (3), (may be subject to Droit de Suite) (part unframed)
Roseberys
May. 12, 2012
Carl Toms OBE, British 1927-1999- Two pugs in a
Est: £200 - £300
Carl Toms OBE, British 1927-1999- Two pugs in a garden; oil on board, signed, inscribed to the reverse 'To Dicky, with love Carl & John", 28.5x33.5cm: Marguerite Kirmse, British/American 1885-1954- "Pung & Chow"; etching, signed and titled, 15x21cm: together with a watercolour of a cat, a charcoal study of a dog, and two oils of pugs by various hands, (6), (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Roseberys