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Born June 26, 1888 • New York City • New York
Died January 23, 1967 (aged 78) • Yonkers • New York
Founder Theatre Guild
Frederick John Kiesler
American architect and sculptor
Aline Frankau Bernstein
American theatrical designer and writer
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak
American artist
Morris Carnovsky
American actor
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer and architect
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer
William Hunter Kendal
British actor and manager
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini
Argentine-born artist
Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.
Edward Gordon Craig
British actor and director
Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Erté: evening gown
Erté
Russian designer
Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist
Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
French opera director
Claude Gillot
French painter, engraver, and theatrical designer
Thaddeus Fairbanks
American inventor
Maria Jolas
American editor
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker