Paul von Joukovski
Illustration — Paul von Joukowsky (right) with the Wagner family (1881) Pavel Vasilyevich Zhukovsky, germanified as Paul von Joukowsky (13 January 1845 – 26 August 1912), was a German scenic designer and writer of Russian descent.
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Paul von Joukovski
Louis Held · (2015) Das geistige Weimar um 1900, Leipzig: Lehmstedt, p. 46/47 ISBN: 978-3957970152. · Public domain
- Born
- 1845 · Sachsenhausen.
- Died
- 1912 · Weimar.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · German Empire
- Occupation
- writer · illustrator · graphic artist · painter · theatre designer
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Paul von Joukowsky (right) with the Wagner family (1881) Pavel Vasilyevich Zhukovsky, germanified as Paul von Joukowsky (13 January 1845 – 26 August 1912), was a German scenic designer and writer of Russian descent.
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Born in Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main), Joukowsky was the son of the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky. During 1863–64 he undertook a Grand Tour to Rome, Naples and Bonn with Hermann Ohl as Hofmeister. He was introduced to Richard and Cosima Wagner at the Villa d'Angri near Naples on 18 January 1880. Later he accompanied them on their visits to Ravello and Siena, designed the stage clothes and four of the five sets for the Bayreuth premiere cast of Parsifal, for which he was inspired on his travels with the Wagner couple. Joukowsky died in Weimar at the age of 67.
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Paul von Joukovski is recorded with the occupation theatre designer. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as writer, illustrator, graphic artist, painter and theatre designer. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Paul von Joukowsky and Pavel Vasilyevich Zhukovsky. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Vasily Zhukovsky and Elizabeth Reitern.
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1845
Paul von Joukovski was born on 13 January 1845.
1912
Paul von Joukovski died on 26 August 1912.
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