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Born June 26, 1888 • New York City • New York
Died January 23, 1967 (aged 78) • Yonkers • New York
Founder Theatre Guild
Aline Frankau Bernstein
Aline Frankau Bernstein
American theatrical designer and writer
Maurice Sendak stands with his arm resting on a life-size cutout of Max from Where the Wild Things Are, with a large Wild Thing character illustrated in the background.
Maurice Sendak
American artist
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Frederick John Kiesler
American architect and sculptor
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Morris Carnovsky
American actor
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Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer and architect
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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
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Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini
Argentine-born artist
Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.
Edward Gordon Craig
British actor and director
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Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
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Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Erté: evening gown
Erté
Russian designer
Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist
Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
French opera director
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Claude Gillot
French painter, engraver, and theatrical designer
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Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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William F. Friedman
American cryptologist
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Charles Sumner Greene
American architect
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John Coulter
American botanist