Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon: A Revolutionary Hairstylist Early Life and Background Born: January 17, 1928, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom Died: May 9, 2012 Vidal Sassoon’s early life was marked by hardship. His parents, Betty and Jack Sassoon, were Jewish immigrants – his mother of Ashkenazi descent from Russia and his father Sephardi from Greece. His father abandoned the family when Vidal was three, leading to a period of poverty and homelessness. He spent seven years in a Jewish orphanage with his younger brother, Ivor. He left school at age 14 during World War II, taking on various jobs…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Vidal Sassoon's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.