Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 1900, in Marciana Marina (Livorno); died 1971, in Milan.
Painter, ceramicist, illustrator, scenographer, writer. Stage costumes.
Futurism.
Giovanni Acquaviva studied philosophy and law at the University of Pisa, while devoting himself to illustration at the same time. He founded the Futurist group ...
British, 20th century, male.
Born 20 February 1921, in London, in Hoyland (Yorkshire) according to some sources; died 17 November 1975.
Painter, sculptor (bronze), illustrator, stage set designer, art critic, designer. Figures, landscapes, portraits, mythological subjects.
The son of the art critic and poet Gerald Gould and the feminist Labour Party activist Barbara Ayrton, Michael Ayrton travelled widely in his youth to Vienna, Paris and Italy. He received his artistic education at Heatherley's and St John's Wood art schools in London. In ...
Australian, 20th century, male.
Active also active in the USA.
Born 30 January 1885, in Kew (Melbourne); died 11 February 1969, in London.
Painter, draughtsman, stage set designer, engraver (etching, linocut), illustrator, writer, critic. Scenes with figures, portraits.
London Group.
Horace Brodzky was born in Australia but ultimately settled in Britain. In ...
Czech, 20th century, female.
Active from 1946 active in, and from 1957 naturalised in France.
Born 26 December 1908, in Prague.
Painter, engraver, illustrator, sculptor, art critic. Stage sets.
Zdenka Datheil made her debut in Prague, creating about 30 sets for the national theatres of Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Zagreb. She arrived in Paris in ...
Greek, 20th century, male.
Born 1910, in Athens; died 1985.
Painter, illustrator, decorative designer, poet. Mythological subjects, genre scenes, urban landscapes. Stage sets, stage costumes, icons.
Nico Engonopoulos spent his childhood in Istanbul, then known as Constantinople. After an aimless stay in Paris, he studied at the school of fine art in Athens ...
Chinese, 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Born 4 January 1940, in Ganzhou (Jiangxi Province).
Painter, draughtsman, writer, illustrator. Stage sets.
The Nobel-prizewinning writer Gao Xingjian was a painter even before becoming a novelist, essayist, dramatist and director. He studied painting at Nanjing under the painter Yu Yungzhong. Then, in ...
British, 20th century, male.
Born 10 July 1912, in London; died 2 November 1965.
Painter, illustrator, designer, art historian. Figures, stage sets.
Robin Ironside trained at the Courtauld Institute in London and abroad. He is above all remembered for his writings on art, but was also a painter and designer. His writing, gouache painting and design are all informed by Surrealism. He made theatre sets, often in collaboration with his brother Christopher. These include ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 18 May 1940, in Alençon.
Painter, collage artist, lithographer, draughtsman, illustrator, sculptor, writer. Stage sets.
Alain Le Yaouanc spent time in the USA in 1956 where he executed his first paintings. In 1957 he held his first exhibitions in the New Britain Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury and Connecticut. In ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 25 July 1894, in Besançon.
Painter, engraver, illustrator, lithographer, art writer. Murals, stage sets, stage costumes, posters.
Pierre Noury was a pupil of J.-P. Laurens at the Académie Julian in Paris. He first exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, then from ...
British, 20th century, male.
Born 21 March 1858, in Northfleet (Kent); died 2 March 1925, in London.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, illustrator, art writer. Stage costumes and sets.
William John Charles Pitcher was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He produced stage costumes and sets for the London theatres. He illustrated ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 21 June 1883, in Mainz; died 27 January 1973, in Munich.
Graphic designer, engraver, draughtsman, poster artist, illustrator, art writer. Stage sets.
Emil Preetorius was self-taught as an artist, apart from a very brief spell at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich, but studied natural sciences, history of art and law, in which he obtained a doctorate. In ...
Spanish, 20th century, male.
Born 2 February 1923, in Barcelona.
Painter, collage artist, sculptor, engraver, lithographer, illustrator, poet. Stage sets, designs for stained glass.
Albert Ràfols-Casamada learned drawing with his father, the painter Albert Ràfols y Culleres, then from 1942-1945 he studied architecture at the University of Barcelona, at the same time attending the Tarrega art school. He was self-taught as a painter and started to paint in ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 7 January 1938, in Paris; died 16 April 1997, in Paris.
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, poster artist, scenographer, writer. Stage costumes and sets, animated films.
Groupe Panique.
Roland Topor studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1955. From 1955...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 2 April 1893, in Paris; died 23 May 1956, in Paradas, Spain.
Painter (gouache), watercolourist, engraver, illustrator, writer. Scenes with figures, still-lifes, landscapes. Stage sets.
André Villebœuf was a pupil of Léon Detroy and began his career in 1921 at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris....
