Victor William Watson, also known as Peter Watson, was a British art collector, patron, and magazine editor. During the Second World War, Watson funded Cyril Connolly's Horizon magazine and served as
Watson (centre) with his lover Oliver Messel (right) and Cecil Beaton, c. 1930s
Oliver Messel
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Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel was an English artist and one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century.
Peter Watson (arts benefactor)
…after they separated as a result of Fouts's drug addiction. In 1930 Watson met photographer Cecil Beaton in Vienna while travelling with stage designer Oliver Messel. Although initially unremarkable to Beaton, Watson soon became the object of his intense admiration, though the two never became lovers. The group…
Oliver Messel by Gordon Anthony, 1937