Paul Huldschinsky
Paul Huldschinsky (18 August 1889 – 1 February 1947) was a German-Jewish architect and set decorator. After imprisonment in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938 he fled Nazi Germany in 1939 for California. He won an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for the film Gaslight.
Paul Huldschinsky
- Name
- Paul Huldschinsky
- Born
- 18 August 1889
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 1 February 1947
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Occupation
- Set decorator
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Art Direction and Black and White
- Languages
- German
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Paul Huldschinsky (18 August 1889 – 1 February 1947) was a German-Jewish architect and set decorator. After imprisonment in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938 he fled Nazi Germany in 1939 for California. He won an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for the film Gaslight.
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• Name — Paul Huldschinsky • Born — 18 August 1889 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 1 February 1947 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, United States • Occupation — Set decorator • Years Active — 1940-1947
Early life
Early life
Paul Huldschinky was born into a family of Jewish heritage known for its contributions to banking, German heavy industry and art. His father, Oscar Huldschinsky (1846–1931) was a Silesian steel magnate and noted art collector, listed among Berlin's wealthiest millionaires. His mother, Ida Huldschinsky (1860-1912 née Brandeis-Weikersheim) belonged to the Viennese banking family. Paul had three sisters, Susanne Huldschinsky Reichenheim, Marie Minze Friedheim et Lilly von Klemperer. They, as well as their families, would all be persecuted as Jews when the Nazis came to power.
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Selected filmography
• Gaslight (1944)
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Paul Huldschinsky is recorded as having received Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White. Huldschinsky received Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White.
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1889
Paul Huldschinsky was born in 1889 at Berlin.
1915
Zum Haus Hulle - München: von den Architekten Paul Huldschinsky und Karl Joh. Mossner digitised by DataCite (: NN).
1924
Bibliothek Paul Huldschinsky und einige Beiträge aus anderem Besitz digitised by DataCite (Berlin: NN).
1947
Paul Huldschinsky died in 1947 at Santa Monica.
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- 1.laut California Death Index
- 2.. In: ghwk.de, 10. Oktober 2004.
- 3.Sonderausstellung: . In: ghwk.de, 1. November 2004.
- 4.Francis Nenik, Sebastian Stumpf (Fotos). Seven Palms. Das Thomas-Mann-Haus in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. 2018. 978-3-95905-180-4.
- 5.Thema: Paul Huldschinsky. In: thomasmann.de, Forum Thomas Mann, 2005.
- 6.Christine Fischer-Defoy: Schwanenwerder im Nationalsozialismus. Ein Inselrundgang. In: aktives-museum.de, Mitgliederrundbrief Nr. 62 • Januar 2010, S. 4; 6, (PDF; 475 kB), S. 4–11.
- 7.Heinrich Wefing: Paul Huldschinsky. In: berlin.de / Redaktion Zeitschrift aktuell, Dezember 2008.
- 8.Erika Münster-Schröer: Der Nachlaß Landsberg im Stadtarchiv Ratingen. In: Stadt Ratingen, 16. Juli 2012, (PDF).
- 9.Nachlass Erika Landsberg im Deutschen Exilarchiv Frankfurt:
- 10.Barbara Fischer: . In: DNB, 2008.
- 11.. In: Nagel Auktionen, 14. April 2010, in: Auktion: Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst 38M.
- 12.Oscar-Preisverleihungen „Bestes Szenenbild / Beste Ausstattung“: Beste Ausstattung 1945. In: wissenswertes.at, 10. Februar 2020.
- 13.Desire Me in: The American Film Institute catalog, University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-520-21521-4, S. 586, .
- 14.Crew List: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In: Reel Classics, 21. Juni 2010.
- 15.Zum Haus Hulle-München. Von den Architekten Paul Huldschinsky und Karl Joh. Mossner. In: Innen-Dekoration, Dezember 1915, 26. Jg., Heft 12, S. 426–466, Digitalisat der UB Heidelberg.
- 16.Ein Landhaus in Oberbayern. Mit einer Einrichtung von Paul Huldschinsky, Rhythmus im Bauwerk, Das blaue Zimmer, Kuno Graf von Hardenberg: »Das Musikzimmer« usw. In: Innen-Dekoration, März 1920, 31. Jg., Heft 3, S. 86–120, Digitalisat der UB Heidelberg.
- 17.Moderne Ladenbauten. Aussen- und Innenarchitektur. Ernst Pollak Verlag, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1930, , S. 53.
- 18.Foto: Bibliothek in den Geschäftsräumen von Paul Graupe, Tiergartenstrasse 4. Architekt P. Huldschinsky – 20er Jahre. In: Getty Images / Ullstein Bild.
- 19.Francis Nenik, Sebastian Stumpf. Seven Palms. Das Thomas-Mann-Haus in Pacific Palisades. 2018. 978-3-95905-180-4.
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