de Basil's Original Ballet Russe on their three Australian tours. In 1936–37, 1938–, his artistic eyes were opened by seeing Colonel W. Miller published an art magazine called Manuscripts, and he organised Sainthill's first exhibition, at the Hotel Australia in Collins Street. They were to become life partners, and Miller's connections were to prove advantageous to Sainthill's career. Īround this time he met the journalist, book seller, art critic and leading member of the avant garde scene Harry Tatlock Miller (1913–1989). By 1935 he had changed the spelling of his surname to Sainthill. By age 17 he had set up a studio in the heart of Melbourne where he painted and sold murals. In 1932 he studied design and drawing under Napier Waller at the Applied Arts School of the Working Men's College (a precursor of RMIT University). Before the age of 14 he had seen Anna Pavlova dance, heard Dame Nellie Melba sing, and had seen Ibsen and Chekhov plays performed. He had a natural interest in drawing and painting, and was attracted to quality live performance. This continued into his adulthood, but was not apparent when talking to children. He was born Loudon St Hill, the second of four children, in Hobart, Tasmania, but by the age of two his family had moved to Melbourne. His early designs were described as 'opulent', 'sumptuous' and 'exuberantly splendid', but there was also a 'special quality of enchantment, mixed so often with a haunting sadness'. He worked predominantly in the United Kingdom, where he died. Loudon Sainthill (9 January 1918 – 10 June 1969) was an Australian artist and stage and costume designer.
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