Jo Mielziner was the great Broadway Scenic designer who designed sets for hundreds of important plays and musicals and whose remarkable career spanned from 1927 to 1989. His design has earned him an array of awards. With his work, he has permanently affected the art of stage design and influenced many other designers. Jo Mielziner was a prominent designer who revolutionized the art of technical theatre.
Jo Mielziner spent his childhood in France but moved to the States in 1909. Mielziner father was a painter and so was Mielziner. Mielziner was an artist when he was young and his father encouraged him to go to art school. In 1918, he began studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He received 2 scholarships from Cesson Traveling Scholarship to study abroad in Europe. Between him receiving the first and second scholarship, he was drafted into the war. During his study …show more content…
From his revolutionary set designs to his astonishing amount of Tony’s, Mielziner left a legacy. Mielziner most iconic set design is his design for “Death of a Salesman”. His use of transparent skeletal framework allowed for the show to have scenes in different times and places, but all performed at the same. His portfolio is very diverse from him doing design for a Shakespearean classic like “Hamlet” to him doing comedies like “Annie Get Your Gun”. Over the course of his lifetime, he has been nominated for 12 Tony’s and won 7. He won Tony’s Child’s Play, The King and I, The Innocents, and Anne of the Thousand Days. He also won 5 Donaldson Awards and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding set design. He has designed many theaters that carry his legacy. He designed the Los Angeles Music Center, the Mark Taper Forum Theater, the Vivian Beaumont, and even a theater in the White House. Towards the end of his life in 1964, he was a prominent chairman on the American Theater Planning Board and was a specialist in theatrical
Jo Mielziner spent his childhood in France but moved to the States in 1909. Mielziner father was a painter and so was Mielziner. Mielziner was an artist when he was young and his father encouraged him to go to art school. In 1918, he began studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He received 2 scholarships from Cesson Traveling Scholarship to study abroad in Europe. Between him receiving the first and second scholarship, he was drafted into the war. During his study …show more content…
From his revolutionary set designs to his astonishing amount of Tony’s, Mielziner left a legacy. Mielziner most iconic set design is his design for “Death of a Salesman”. His use of transparent skeletal framework allowed for the show to have scenes in different times and places, but all performed at the same. His portfolio is very diverse from him doing design for a Shakespearean classic like “Hamlet” to him doing comedies like “Annie Get Your Gun”. Over the course of his lifetime, he has been nominated for 12 Tony’s and won 7. He won Tony’s Child’s Play, The King and I, The Innocents, and Anne of the Thousand Days. He also won 5 Donaldson Awards and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding set design. He has designed many theaters that carry his legacy. He designed the Los Angeles Music Center, the Mark Taper Forum Theater, the Vivian Beaumont, and even a theater in the White House. Towards the end of his life in 1964, he was a prominent chairman on the American Theater Planning Board and was a specialist in theatrical