1967 » France » Stage design and costumes

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The French section was designed on the basis of the most audacious and up-to-date research by the creative artists of our country. The works on exhibit represent a selection of the work of artists, two hundred of which devote themselves to stage décor regularly and architects who devote themselves to a much lesser degree to the construction of theatres and Houses of Culture. They are obvious proof of the fact that the struggle for a new shape is taking place in all theatrical genres: particularly in the spere of drama, while in ballet this holds true only for the past ten years and the opera ranks last in this respect. We have therefore felt it necessary to show that these tendencies do not manifest themselves only in the capital, in Paris as used to be the case in the past, but that we come across them in all theatres throughout France: in the municipal theatres, dramatic centres and cultural houses. Innovations are not only the exclusive field of the youngest generation — it is the second characteristic which belongs to the past, as is documented by the works on exhibit here: the age of their authors extends from 28—62 years. Traditionally painters and interior decorators predominate among French stage designers. Only recently have these been joined by architects and sculptors. No wonder then that the contemporary aesthetics often fluctuate between these three expressions. This phenomenon is, in our opinion, due to the simplicity of technical processes exploiting light and new materials as well as due to the influence of the cinema and television. In this connection we would like to recall that in was the exhibition of Czechoslovak stage work at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques de 1937 in Paris which opened this very road. The French exhibitors at the Prague Quadrennial have no other ambition than to present the diversity of inspirations and styles of their contemporary art.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• René Allio

Additional information: Artist, stage designer, born in Marseille in 1924. His first work for the Theatre de Poche in Paris dates back to 1950. He then worked for T. N. P., the Comédie-Française and since 1957 collaborates with director R. Planchon in the Théâtre de la Cité de Villeurbanne. His most important works include Henry V, George Dandin, The Good Soldier Schweik, Eduard II and Le Tartuffe from 1964. He also works as a stage and film director.

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• Yves Bonnat

Additional information: Born in 1912 in Voiron; painter, stage designer and director. He made his debut with Labiche's The Affaire in Lourcine Street. Of his more than 250 stage designs at least the following should be mentioned: Joan of Arc at the Stake, Boris Godunov, Le Chevalier de Neige, Oedipus Rex, Medea, The Fire, Bluebeard. He was a technical consultant for the construction and interior design of the State Secrétariat of Culture.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Oedipus Rex ), Festival de Fourviéres Opera de Lyon, Grand Théátre de Geněve 1962
  
  
  
• : (St Joan ), Comédie de Geněve 1962
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (Emerald Table ), Capitole de Toulouse 1966
  
  
  
• : (Médea), Opera de Mulhouse 1966
  
  
  
• Jacques Bosson

Additional information: Three views of three various cultural facilities. In spite of the fact that the Territorial Plan provides guidelines for the general trend of construction in the country, nevertheless every region maintains its specific conceptual approach, so as to integrate the existing situation with the natural environment and the potentialities of the area. This is even more important when we are discussing cultural faci - lities. In the last four years we have designed three mutually greatly different projects : RIXHED : This is a community in the Haut- Rhin. Department with 6 000 inhabitants. It has constructed an urban center which includes a center concentrating all cultural and religious institutions, as well as social and educational facilities. We were especially concerned with the design of the center in view of local conditions. AVIGNON : Thanks to the activities of Jean Vilar and his suc- cessor Paul Puanx, the local governmant was able to justify its demand for the building of a cultural center, especially de - signed to hold collections, documents and a research center, in collaboration with the National Library. This exceptionally extensive and complex programme is a forerunner of the current cultural policy of individual regions in French cultural life. F0UGRES : This town has a population of 26 000 and in 1974 it began, with help from the central government, to create its environment and to increase the value of its historical heritage; it devotes special attention to an activisation of cultural life and this in turn has led to the building of a-multi-purpose cultural center.

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Exhibiting works

• : (How to Succeed in Chicago), Concours des jeunes compagnies 1965
  
  
  
• Michel Brunet

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Paris. Graduated at the School of Applied Art in Paris and studied at the School of Scenography under Yves Bonnat, professor of art of the city of Paris. His first design for the stage for the Champs-Elysées Theâtre dates from 1955. He cooperates with the theatres in the German Federal Republic. He is the author of the publication Les Théâtres des Champs-Elysées (1964) and collaborates on the Grolier Encyclopedia (New York).

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Exhibiting works

• : L´Invitation au cháteau (Ring Round the Moon ), Stadttheater Wuppertal 1962
  

  

  
  
  
• Jacques Camurati

Additional information: Born in 1925 in Paris, graduate of the School of Stage Design of Yves Bonnat. His first work is the stage design for L'Ombre ďun Franc-Tireur, presented by the Dramatic Centre of the East in 1952. He works for the Paris Theatres: Alliance Françoise, Tertre, Lut?ce and for the German Federal Republic Theatres: Staatsoper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Köln (Salome) and West Berlin (ballet Tristan).

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Exhibiting works

• : Noces de sang (Blood Wedding ), Comédie de 1'Ouest Rennes 1966
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Serge Creuz

Additional information: Born in 1924 in Brussels. Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and at the National College of Architecture and Decorative Arts (La Cambre). He parts his activities between France and Belgium. He acts as assistant at the Marigny Théâtre in Paris under J. L. Barrault, Christian Bérard and Felix Labisse. He designed settings for Préverťs and Queneau´s performances at the cabaret of Saint-Germain-des-Prés „La Rose rouge". He is the author of sets and puppets for the puppet-show Les Marionnettes des Champs-Elysées, and acts as stage designer of the Comédie de l'Ouest since its foundation in 1949. He is the author of a number of drama, ballet, music-hall performances and of animated designs for the television (R.T.B, and B. R. T.),of posters, illustrations and paintings. He is professor of costume and stage desing a the National College of Architecture and Visual Arts (La Cambre) in Brussels. He acts also as professor at the College of Dramatic Art of the National Theatre in Strasbourg.

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Exhibiting works

• : Le soulier de satin (The Satin Slipper ), Centre dramatique de l'Est 1965
  
  
  
• Bernard Dayde

Additional information: Painter, stage designer, born in 1921 in Paris. He works for the stage already since 1944. In 1945 he has designed the décor for Maria by A. Obey at the Comédie des Champs- Elysées. His other works include the designs for the Paris Opera, the Comic Opera (Ghelderode-Rosenthal, Hop Signor!), for the Festival of Lyon (Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Tiger at the Gates), for Marseille and Arles. He has designed décors for the State Opera of Köln - Orpheus in the Underworld, Don Pasquale and lonesco's Lesson.

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Exhibiting works

• : Un jour j'ai rencontré la vérité (One Day I Came Upon the Truth ), Comédie des Champs-Elysées 1967
  
  
  
• Jacques Dupont

Additional information: Painter, stage designer, born in 1909 at Chatou. Autodidactor. In 1933 he designed the décor for the Sonáta of Ghosts for the Théâtre de 1'Avenue in Paris. Since 1939 he works for the Paris Opera (Don Carlos) and the Comédie-Française (Cyrano of Bergerac). Abroad he designed the décor for the Metropolitan Opera of New York and the Scala of Milano (Faust - directed by Jean-Louis Barrault). The majority of his works are designs of ballet décors.

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Exhibiting works

• : Pelleas a Mélisanda (Pelleas a Mélisanda ), Festival Aix - en - Provence 1966
  
  
  
• Yves Faucheur

Additional information: Pointer, stage designer, born in 1924 at Pont-?-Mousson. He collaborates mainly with the theatres of Paris: Vieux-Colombier, where he created his first stage design in 1950 for the Pantom by Claude Santelli, Alliance-Francaise, Théâtre de Paris, Comédie-Française (A Midsummer Nighťs Dream). For the House of Culture in Bourges he has designed the décor for a number of comedies.

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Exhibiting works

• : Les Joyeuses Comměres de Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor ), Théátre de 1'Alliance Francoise 1962
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Francçois Ganeau (Francois Ganeau)

Additional information: Painter, sculptor, stage designer, architect. Born in 1912 in Paris. Studied at the École Boulle. During the war he was a prisoner in Austria. This is also where he designed his first décor for Volpone presented in the prisoners' camp at Salzburg. After his return to France he worked with L. Jouvet, P. Blanchard, M. Achard. He created the stage designs for many Paris theatres - the Opera, the Comédie-Française, the Atheneum, Les Bouffes- Parisiens, La Madeleine, Les Champs-Elysées. He is president of the National Union of French Stage Designers.

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Exhibiting works

• : Iphigenie en Tauride (Iphigenia on Taurida), (open air theatre), 1963
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : Les Oiseaux (The Birds ), Grand Theatre de Geneve 1964
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Bernard Guillaumot

Additional information: Born 1926, exhibited at the PQ in 1971

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Exhibiting works

• : Monsieur Alexandre (Mister Alexander ), Théátre de l'Est Parisien 1965
  
  
  
• Oskar Gustin

Additional information: Sculptor, born in 1933 in Bellinzona in Switzerland, permanently residing in Paris since 1954. He works mainly with metals. His first work for the theatre Sarah-Bernhardt dates back to 1960. Since 1965 he works permanently with the Théâtre de Poche and the Comédie-Française.

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• Félix Labisse

Additional information: Born in 1905 at Douai (Nord). Studied under painter J. Ensor who introduced him to G. Apollinaire and M. Jacob. He works since 1932 in Paris and is being influenced mainly by writers (Vitrac, Desnos, Prévert). He enters the field of stage work with his designs for Faulkner´s Around a Mother, directed by J.-L. Barrault in 1935. Of particular importance in his work are the designsd for plays and stage adaptations of F. Kafka, P. Claudel, J.-P. Sartre and F. Dürrenmatt. In the theatres - Comédie-Française, Théâtre Antoine, the Opera of Paris, the Globe Theatre of London and other theatres in France and obroad he collaborates mostly with stage director J.-L. Barrault and L. Jouvet.

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Exhibiting works

• : Le roi d´Ys (KIng of Ys), Opera de Paris 1966
  
  
  
• Claude Lemaire

Additional information: Born in 1939 in Dunkirk. Architect, assistant of René Allio. In 1964 she made her first stage design for King Christopher by A. Césaire at the Salzburg Theatre. She worked with J.-L. Barrault in the Odeon Theatre and at the Avignon Festival of 1966 with R. Planchon.

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• Jacques Le Marquet

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Melun. Sculptor, from 1952 to 1959 technician of the T. N. P. In 1959 he designed his first décor for the T. N. P. in coopération with J. Vilar, He works for the Odéon, Comédie-Française and the Théâtre de l´Oeuvre.

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Exhibiting works

• : Le roi Lear (King Lear ), Théâtre National Populaire 1967
  

  

  
  
  
• Christiane Lücke

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Berlin. She works for the Centre dramatique de 1'Ouest, the Comédie de Bourges, the Theâtre l´Alliance Francaise and the Sarah-Bernhardt Theatre. For the Festival in Carcassone she designed the décor for the Barber of Seville.

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Exhibiting works

• : L'Éventail (The Fan ), Théátre de la Commune ďAubervilliers 1967
  

  

  
  
  
• Jean-Denis Malclés

Additional information: Interior decorator, stage designer. Born in 1912 in Paris. Studied at the École Boulle. He enters the field of stage design in 1941 at the Comédie-Française. Since then he has worked with many theatres in France and abroad, including the Covent Garden of London, the Scala of Milano, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg and the Residenztheater of Munich. He is honorary president of the National Union of Stage Designers.

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Exhibiting works

• : Becket (Becket), Théátre Montparnasse 1966
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Hubert Monloup

Additional information: Born in 1932 in Lyon. He studied aesthetics, for a year he studied to become a professor of drawing; he is a painter and architect. Since 1959 he has been a stage designer at the Théatre des Célestins in Lyon. Later he also collaborated with other theatres, such as Théatre Antiques Romains in Lyon, the Comédie de Saint-Etienne, at the Grenier de Toulouse, at the T.N.P. in Paris, the Théatre de la Cité in Villeurbanne, the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer in West Berlin and the Städtische Bühne in Frankfurt. He has collaborated with stage directors C. Gentillon in productions of classical drama at the La Comédie de Lyon. Since 1962 he has collaborated with director Armand Gatti, for whose productions of The Chronicle of a Planet, Man Alone and A Song Before Two Electric Chairs he designed the stage sets and costumes and with whom he also made the Cuban film El otro Cristobal. As a stage designer he also collaborated with Roger Blin and Raymond Rouleau, with Agnes Varda on the film Le Bonheur, with René Allio on La vieille Dame indigne and with Christian de Challonges on l'Alliance. For Roger Planchon he designed the sets for such productions as Planchon's L'Infame, Michel Vinaver's Par dessus bord and Moliére's Tartuffe. In 1972 he received the Dussane Prize for his work in the theatre. Besides other exhibitions, he has aalso participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1967 and 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : Les chroniques ďune planéte (Chronicles of a Planet ), Grenier de Toulouse 1967
• Jacques Noël

Additional information: Born in 1924 in Ivry-sur-Seine. He studied at the Ecole Boulle and decorative-arts. He began to work for the theatre in 1944 in Compagnie des Dix /Claude Martin - J.M. Sérreau/. In Paris he participated as a designer in productions of the first plays of S. Beckett, A. Adamov, F. Billetdoux, and R. Dubillard. Since 1949 he has been the stage designer of all of Marcel Marceau's productions and since 1952 he designed the sets for all of E. lonesco's plays. He has collaborated with directors J.-M.Serreau, Roger Blin, Marcel Marceau, Claude Martin, J.-L. Barrault, Claude Régy, Robert Postec, Jacques Mauclair, André Barsacq, Pierre Franck, Jacques Charron, Pierre Dupuy, Jean Negroni, Jean Babilée, Flemming Flindt and for the ballet with Janine Charrat. He has designed stage sets for the foremost private theatres in Paris, as well as for T.N.P. and for Odéon-Théátre de France. Abroad he has been collaborating with theatres in Stratford, London, New York, Las Vegas, Vienna, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Munich, Tel-Aviv and Haifa. He participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1967 and in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• : Le Piéton de l´air (A Stroll in the Air ), 1963
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Camilo Osorovitz

Additional information: Painter, stage designer, born in 1936 in Bucharest. Until 1964 he was the stage designer of the National Theatre of Bucharest and his major work was the décor for Peer Gynt in 1964. Since 1965 he is working in Paris (designing sets for L'Athénée, Théâtre 347, Théâtre Gérard Philipe), in Saint-Denis and in Saint-Etienne. He participated in the Festival of Jean Deschamps with his stage design for Mother Courage.

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Exhibiting works

• : Andorra (Andorra), Comédie de Saint-Étienne 1966
  
  
  
• : Baissez la téte et mourez (Hang your Head and Die), Théátre 347 1965
  

  

  
  
  
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• : (30 Milion Gladiators), Theatre Gerard Philipe 0
  

  
  
  
• Auguste Pace

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Tunisia. Painter and stage designer. He has cooperated with numerous French theatres and with films. He participated in the PQ in 1967 (the main Prize — the Golden Triga to French exposition) and in 1975.

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• Manuel Parrés

Additional information: Dancer of the Paris Opera, choreographer, stage designer, born 1925 in Paris. His first décor was for Pacific 231 by Arthur Honegger in 1951. He works for the Théâtre Marigny. In 1963 he participated in the Festival of Strasbourg.

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Exhibiting works

• : 8 Invenzioni (8 Invenzioni ), Théátre Municipal de la Comédie 1965
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Claude Perset

Additional information: Born 1926 in Paris, stage designer, graduante of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His best designs are the open air theatres in S?te, Carcassonne and Saint-Rémy de Provence. He also designed the Municipal Théâtre in Montpellier.

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• Michel Raffaelli

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Exhibiting works

• : Médea (Médea), Théâtre de l'Odéon 1967
  

  

  

  
  
  
• : Les Bains (The Bathhouse ), Maison de la Culture 0
  

  

  

  
  
  
• Jacques Rapp

Additional information: Born in 1930 in Strasbourg. He is the chief stage designer of the Opera in Lyon. He also cooperates with various French and foreign theatres. He exhibited at the PQ in 1967 (within the framework of the exposition which was awarded the main Prize — the Golden Triga), 1971 and in 1975.

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Exhibiting works

• : Gala de Cirque (Gala Circus ), Opera de Strasbourg 1965
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Claude Verbiése

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Lille. Actor, studied at the school of stage design of Yves Bonnat, cultural advisor, assistant stage director of the Opera of Mulhouse. Since 1967 stage designer of the Opera of Lyon.

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Exhibiting works

• : Carmen (Carmen ), Opera de Mulhouse 1965
  

  

  
  
  
• Georges Wakhévitch

Additional information: Born in 1907 in Odessa, died in 1984 in Paris. Painter. As a stage designer he worked for the theatre, opera and films. He exhibited at the PQ in 1967 (the main Prize — the Golden Triga — to French exposition).

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Exhibiting works

• : (Volba nevěsty), Teatro Communale Mai Florentin 1966
  
  
  
• André Acquart

Continuing collaboration with directors: Jean-Marie Serreau, Roger Blin, Jean Vilar ,Roger Planchon,Gabriel Garran
Additional information: Born 1922 in Vincennes, stage designer and painter, specialized in mural design. Graduate from the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Algiers. His first vvork for tne tlheatre were sets for J. Anouilh´s Thieves' Carnival in Algiers is 1950. Noteworthy among his work are sets for Geneťs The Blacks and Screens produced by R. Blin, for Peter Weiss' Marat-Sade produced by Jean Tasso, for Shakespeare's Macbeth produced by G. Rétoré, for Troilus and Cressida produced by R. Planchon, for Bizeťs Carmen, A. Césaire's A Season in Congo, Sartre's The Devil and the Good Lord in the production of G. Wilson, for Corneille's Surēre produced by H. Gignoux, and for a large number of plays produced at the Théâtre de Lutēce, Théatre Sarah Bernhardt, Théâtre de l'Est Parisien, Théâtre de la Cité de Villeurbanne, Odéon-Théâtre de France, Théâtre National Populaire, the Strassbourg National Théâtre, the theatre in Essen, Amsterdam and elsewhere.