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'''Georges Wakhévitch''' ({{lang-ru|Георгий Леонидович Вахевич}}; Georgy Leonidovich |
'''Georges Wakhévitch''' ({{lang-ru|Георгий Леонидович Вахевич}}; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in [[Odessa]], [[Russian Empire]] – February 11, 1984 in [[Paris]]) was a Russian-born French [[art director]]. |
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The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He was grew up in Paris, where he studied [[painting]]. He was an assistant to [[film director]] [[Lazare Meerson]] in the 1920s. |
The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He was grew up in Paris, where he studied [[painting]]. He was an assistant to [[film director]] [[Lazare Meerson]] in the 1920s. |
Revision as of 20:39, 5 July 2021
Georges Wakhévitch (Russian: Георгий Леонидович Вахевич; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director.
The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He was grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.
Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's Faust, replacing some in use for over half a century.
He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Man with the Hispano (1933)
- Nitchevo (1936)
- Beautiful Star (1938)
- Conflict (1938)
- Gibraltar (1938)
- The Time of the Cherries (1938)
- Behold Beatrice (1944)
- Mademoiselle X (1945)
- Box of Dreams (1945)
- Song of the Clouds (1946)
- The Dance of Death (1948)
- The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
- Ruy Blas (1948)
- Don Juan (1950)
- Miquette (1950)
- Leathernose (1952)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
- Don Juan (1956)
References
- ^ Fractal Records artists page (in French)
External links