Designers of the 19th and 20th century: description and image

Edward Gordon Craig: modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, producer, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings.

sketch by Edward Gordon Craig

Jo Mielziner: American theatrical scenic, costume, and

lighting designer, born in Paris, France

rendering for scene that was cut “Top Banana” 1951

Caspar Neher: Brecht’s designer

Mother courage

Jocelyn Herbert: stage designer, sculptor,

drawings, paintings

Aldophe Appia: Wagner’s Opera, rhythmic spaces,

electricity invention & stage lighting

(modern stage design) 

sketch by Aldophe Appia

Joseph Svoboda: artist in light, shade and projections,

he reinvented the stage for drama and opera

Current Designers: brief description and image

George Tsypin: stage designer, sculptor, and architect
known for elaborate use of glass, steel, and fire

Innovative design for “Valkyrie” by George Tsypin

Ming Cho Lee: set designer, assistant to Jo Mielziner

MAKING A SCENE The Bruce exhibition includes a set model for
“A Moon for the Misbegotten,” designed by Ming Cho Lee.

Julie Taymor: stage and screen designer (Lion King, Frida)



Eiko Ishioka: costume designer for stage and screen
(the costumes are the sets)
advertising, print


Achim Freyer: set and costume designer, stage director and painter
“Das Rheingold” in a new production by Los Angeles Opera


Eric Wonder: mixing contrasting visual styles
Guillaume Tell at the Bastille:



Andre Acquart: Architectural influence: enormous pivoting, folding structure suggesting both the tents of the Greek camp and the walls and gates of Troy



Robert Wilson: signature use of light, stage and furniture design

“Fables”

Richard Foreman: American playwright and avant-garde theater pioneer,
founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater

Richard Foreman Machine

Santo Loquasto: scenic designer and costume designer for stage and film

Met Opera set