Paul von Joukowsky (/''Pawel Wassiljewitsch Schukowski''; 13 January 1845 – 26 August 1912) was a Russian-German

scenic design Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly trained ...

er and writer.''Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters'', vol. 6, .

Life

Born in Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main), Joukowsky was the son of the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky. During 1863–64 he undertook a

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to Rome, Naples and Bonn with as Hofmeister. He was introduced to

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and Cosima Wagner at the Villa d'Angri near Naples on 18 January 1880.Paul von Joukowsky
auf biografija.ru (Russian) Later he accompanied them on their visits to

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and

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, designed the

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and four of the five sets for the

Bayreuth premiere cast of Parsifal The Bayreuth premiere cast of Parsifal lists the contributors to the new productions of Richard Wagner's inaugural stage play ''Parsifal'', including the premiere, which took place on 26 July 1882 at the Bayreuth Festival. About the performanc ...

, for which he was inspired on his travels with the Wagner couple. Joukowsky died in

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at the age of 67.

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* German scenic designers 1845 births 1912 deaths {{Theat-bio-stub