World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
Summary information
Date
Tue Oct 14 1947 until Sun Jan 04 1948
Location
- MoMA type:exhibition building spaces
- 11 West 53rd St. type:thoroughfare names
Concurrent exhibitions
Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.
Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation
# | Start | End | Title |
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1 | Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection | ||
2 | Mies van der Rohe | ||
3 | 100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100) | ||
4 | Three Young Photographers | ||
5 | Ben Shahn | ||
6 | Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art | ||
7 | Music and Musicians |
Artists
There were 11 persons who influenced this exhibition.
Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.
Adolphe Appia
Biographical statement Swiss, 1862–1928
Born 1862 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1928
Nationality Swiss
Gender Male
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Exhibitions
In this dataset, Adolphe Appia was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |
Georges Braque
Biographical statement French, 1882–1963
Born 1882 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1963
Nationality French
Gender Male
External information resources for Georges Braque
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Georges Braque was involved in 149 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 26 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 5 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting in Paris | |||
2 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
3 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
4 | Fruit and Flower Paintings | |||
5 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
6 | Modern European Art | |||
7 | Gifts and Loans from the Collection of Mrs. Sadie A. May | |||
8 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art | |||
9 | Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition | |||
10 | Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan | |||
11 | Cubism and Abstract Art | |||
12 | Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators | |||
13 | Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan | |||
14 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan | |||
15 | Painting, Sculpture, Prints |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Modern Styles | |||
2 | Selections from 5 New York Private Collections | |||
3 | Masterworks Acquired through the Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund | |||
4 | Posters by Painters and Sculptors | |||
5 | Works from the Museum Collection | |||
6 | Les Fauves | |||
7 | XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection | |||
8 | Modern Masterprints of Europe | |||
9 | Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection: New Acquisitions | |||
10 | Paintings from Private Collections | |||
11 | Three Painters as Printmakers: Braque, Miró, Morandi | |||
12 | 50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss | |||
13 | Works of Art: Given or Promised |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Salon | |||
2 | Collection Highlights | |||
3 | To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection | |||
4 | Drawings from the Modern 1880–1945 | |||
5 | Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation | |||
6 | Artists and Prints: Part 3 | |||
7 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2007 | |||
8 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008 | |||
9 | Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection | |||
10 | Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Rum: The Art of Appropriation | |||
11 | Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009 | |||
12 | Cézanne to Picasso: Paintings from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2010 | |||
2 | On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century | |||
3 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011 | |||
4 | Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983 | |||
5 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012 |
Edward Burra
Biographical statement British, 1905–1976
Born 1905 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1976
Nationality British
Gender Male
External information resources for Edward Burra
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Edward Burra was involved in 8 exhibitions across 5 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s,1990s with 2 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design | |||
2 | Recent Acquisitions |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection | |||
2 | XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | British Drawings |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Surrealist Drawing: A Selection from the Collection | |||
2 | Modern British Drawings: A Selection from the Collection |
Antonin Heythum
Biographical statement American 1901–1954
Born 1901 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1954
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Antonin Heythum
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Antonin Heythum was involved in 6 exhibitions across 5 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s,2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Design for Use | |||
2 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Art of the Twenties |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City |
Robert Edmond Jones
Biographical statement American, 1887–1954
Born 1887 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1954
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Robert Edmond Jones
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Robert Edmond Jones was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dance and Theatre Design | |||
2 | Stage Design by Robert Edmund Jones | |||
3 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design | |||
4 | Modern Art in Your Life |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance |
Fernand Léger
Biographical statement French, 1881–1955
Born 1881 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1955
Nationality French
Gender Male
External information resources for Fernand Léger
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Fernand Léger was involved in 157 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 25 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 6 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting in Paris | |||
2 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
3 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
4 | A Brief Survey of Modern Painting | |||
5 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
6 | Modern European Art | |||
7 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art | |||
8 | Color Reproductions: Modern Watercolors and Pastels | |||
9 | Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition | |||
10 | Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan | |||
11 | Fernand Léger: Paintings and Drawings | |||
12 | Cubism and Abstract Art | |||
13 | Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators | |||
14 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan | |||
15 | Painting, Sculpture, Prints |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | War | |||
2 | Seeing Double | |||
3 | Collection Highlights | |||
4 | Collection Highlights | |||
5 | To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection | |||
6 | Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation | |||
7 | Artists and Prints: Part 2 | |||
8 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2006 | |||
9 | Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part 2 | |||
10 | Public Spaces Changes | |||
11 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008 | |||
12 | Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009 | |||
13 | Public Spaces Changes 2009 | |||
14 | Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2010 | |||
2 | Public Spaces Changes 2011; includes Paula Hayes, Nocturne of the Limax maximus | |||
3 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011 | |||
4 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012 | |||
5 | Inventing Abstraction: 1910–1925 | |||
6 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013 |
Jo Mielziner
Biographical statement American, 1901–1976
Born 1901 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1976
Nationality American
Gender Female
External information resources for Jo Mielziner
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Jo Mielziner was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |
Isamu Noguchi
Biographical statement American, 1904–1988
Born 1904 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1988
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Isamu Noguchi
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Isamu Noguchi was involved in 55 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age | |||
2 | Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture | |||
3 | American Painting and Sculpture, 1862–1932 | |||
4 | Sculptors' Drawings | |||
5 | Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition | |||
6 | Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism | |||
7 | Three Centuries of American Art | |||
8 | Painting, Sculpture, Prints |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art | |||
2 | 20th Century Sculpture and Constructions | |||
3 | Twentieth Century Portraits | |||
4 | Painting, Sculpture, Prints | |||
5 | Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection | |||
6 | Fourteen Americans | |||
7 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design | |||
8 | Stage Designs for the Ballet Society | |||
9 | Modern Art in Your Life | |||
10 | Design Show: Christmas 1949 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Modern Styles | |||
2 | Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America | |||
3 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
4 | Abstraction in Photography | |||
5 | Modern Relief | |||
6 | Human Quality in Creative Experience | |||
7 | Sculpture of the XXth Century | |||
8 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
9 | Philip L. Goodwin Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Portraits from the Museum Collection | |||
2 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
3 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
4 | Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection | |||
5 | Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture | |||
6 | Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drawings: Recent Gifts | |||
2 | Noguchi: The Sculptor as Designer | |||
3 | Thirty Sculptors' Drawings | |||
4 | Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries | |||
2 | Sculptors' Drawings | |||
3 | Isamu Noguchi: What is Sculpture? |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait | |||
2 | Art of the Forties | |||
3 | Lighting from the Sixties and Seventies | |||
4 | From the Collection: A Century of American Drawings | |||
5 | Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Living II | |||
2 | Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation | |||
3 | Architecture and Design: Rotation 2 | |||
4 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture | |||
2 | Abstract Expressionist New York: Ideas Not Theories: Artists and the Club 1942–1962 | |||
3 | Abstract Expressionist New York: Rock Papers Scissor | |||
4 | Plywood: Material, Process, Form | |||
5 | Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 | |||
6 | Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly |
Lee Simonson
Biographical statement
Born 1888 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1967
Nationality
Gender
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Exhibitions
In this dataset, Lee Simonson was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Exhibition of Theatre Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |
Charlotte Trowbridge
Biographical statement
Born (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality
Gender
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Exhibitions
In this dataset, Charlotte Trowbridge was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |
Jean Volkmer
Biographical statement
Born (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality
Gender
External information resources for Jean Volkmer
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Jean Volkmer was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design |