Emil Pirchan
Emil Pirchan (27 May 1884 in Brno – 20 December 1957 in Vienna) was an Austrian stage designer and set decorator. He served as director of stage design for the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the State Opera in Prague, the Burgtheater, and the Vienna State Opera. The son of Emil Pirchan the Elder, he was a part of the Vienna Secession art movement and trained under Otto Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and later lectured at the Berlin University of the Arts.
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Emil Pirchan
Emil Pirchan · Karl W. Bührer und Adolf Saager: Das Brückenarchiv I. Ansbach Seybold 1911. · Public domain
- Born
- 1884 · Brno.
- Died
- 1957 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- architect · painter · writer · teacher · scenographer · director · artist
- Fields
- scenography · visual arts · painting · applied arts
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages
- German
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Emil Pirchan (27 May 1884 in Brno – 20 December 1957 in Vienna) was an Austrian stage designer and set decorator. He served as director of stage design for the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the State Opera in Prague, the Burgtheater, and the Vienna State Opera. The son of Emil Pirchan the Elder, he was a part of the Vienna Secession art movement and trained under Otto Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and later lectured at the Berlin University of the Arts.
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Born at Brno in 1884, died in Vienna in 1957.
Emil Pirchan studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Ernst Lederer-Ponzer and Klara Hautmann-Kiss are recorded as having studied under Emil Pirchan. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is scenography, visual arts and painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin, Prague and Vienna. Work by Emil Pirchan is recorded in the collections of Moravian Gallery in Brno and Huis van het boek.
Emil Pirchan (1884–1957), österreichischer Bühnenbildner, Maler, Gebrauchsgraphiker, Architekt und Schriftsteller.
Unknown author Unknown author (The photographer is unknown and not mentioned in the source.) · Wiener Bilder, 27 December 1936, S. 10 (http: anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wrb datum=19361227 seite=10 zoom=33)
Emil Pirchan, Ausstatter der Staatstheater in Berlin
Alfred Cohn · Zeitbilder 48/1927, 1927-11-27, p. 2 (online)
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