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1901 Paris, France - 1976. Known for: Stage design, sketches, costume design.
Jo Mielziner was born in 1901 in Paris. Mielziner was regarded as one of the most prolific, influential, and successful scenic and lighting designers from the Golden Age of Broadway. Following an... Read full biography
Jo Mielziner was born in 1901 in Paris. Mielziner was regarded as one of the most prolific, influential, and successful scenic and lighting designers from the Golden Age of Broadway. Following an apprenticeship under Robert Edmond Jones, Mielziner enjoyed a career spanning 50 years and is credited... Read full biography
Jo Mielziner was born in 1901 in Paris. Mielziner was regarded as one of the most prolific, influential, and successful scenic and lighting designers from the Golden Age of Broadway. Following an apprenticeship under Robert Edmond Jones, Mielziner enjoyed a career spanning 50 years and is credited with over 200 productions including "Carousel," "Guys and Dolls," "The King and I," "South Pacific," and "A Streetcar Named Desire." His revolutionary "skeletal" designs for the debut production of... Read full biography
Jo Mielziner was born in 1901 in Paris. Mielziner was regarded as one of the most prolific, influential, and successful scenic and lighting designers from the Golden Age of Broadway. Following an apprenticeship under Robert Edmond Jones, Mielziner enjoyed a career spanning 50 years and is credited with over 200 productions including "Carousel," "Guys and Dolls," "The King and I," "South Pacific," and "A Streetcar Named Desire." His revolutionary "skeletal" designs for the debut production of "Death of a Salesman" were recreated in 2012 for a revival starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. While overshadowed by his work as a set designer, Mielziner also lent his talents to the art of costume design. This is an extremely rare example of such work.... Read full biography
Jo Mielziner was born in 1901 in Paris. Mielziner was regarded as one of the most prolific, influential, and successful scenic and lighting designers from the Golden Age of Broadway. Following an apprenticeship under Robert Edmond Jones, Mielziner enjoyed a career spanning 50 years and is credited with over 200 productions including "Carousel," "Guys and Dolls," "The King and I," "South Pacific," and "A Streetcar Named Desire." His revolutionary "skeletal" designs for the debut production of "Death of a Salesman" were recreated in 2012 for a revival starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. While overshadowed by his work as a set designer, Mielziner also lent his talents to the art of costume design. This is an extremely rare example of such work. At present, we can only locate one record for a costume design by Mielziner to come to auction, however several designs can be viewed in the Ju... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art