Correspondence, 1926-1931.

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Correspondence, 1926-1931.

Eight letters to Oscar Fischel regarding a 1927 theater exhibition and Appia's set designs, including those for Goethe's Faust. One letter from Oskar Fischel. Appia's drawings for set designs are documented in 12 photographs. Remaining letters regard business matters. Two copies of a clipping on Appia.

14 letters with clippings and photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8236101

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Appia, Adolphe, 1862-1928

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Adolphe Appia was born on September 1, 1862 in Geneva, Switzerland. Regarded as the father of modern stage lighting and design, his reforms of stage design emphasized the significance of time and space, the relation of stage and auditorium, and the contrast of light and shadow. Appia's major works include La Mise en scène du drame Wagnérien (1895), Die Musik und die Inszenierung (1899), and L'Oeuvre d'art vivant (1921). Appia died in Nyon, Switzerland on February 29, 1928. From the...

Fischel, Oskar, 1870-1939

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