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Lee Simonson in 1931

Lee Simonson (June 26, 1888, New York City – January 23, 1967, Yonkers) was an American architect painter, stage setting designer.

He acted as a stage set designer for the Washington Square Players (1915–1917). When it became the Theatre Guild in 1919, he became a stage setting staff of the theater.

Literary works

The board of directors of the Theatre Guild (from left): Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Theresa Helburn, Maurice Wertheim, Helen Westley, Lee Simonson (1923)
  • “Skyscrapers for Art Museums” The American Mercury, August 1927, pages 399-404
  • "Minor Prophecies" New York, Harcourt and Brace, 1927
  • "The Stage Is Set", New York, Dover Publications, 1932
  • (with Theodore Komisarjevsky):"Settings and Costumes of the Modern Stage" New York Studio Productions, 1933
  • Isaacs, Edith J.R., editor:"Architecture for the New Theater" Lee Simonson:"Theater Planning" New York Theater Arts, 1935
  • Part of a lifetime:Drawings and Designs 1919-1940, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York 1943
  • The Art of Scenic Design; A Pictorial Analysis of Stage Setting and its relation to Theatrical Production, 1950

Exhibitions

  • "Modern American Design in Metal" Newark Museum March 19 - April 18, 1929 included Simonson, Donald Deskey and William Zorach
  • "International Exhibition of Theater Art", Museum of Modern Art, January 15- February 25, 1934, more than 700 drawings and models from 14 countries. After the MoMA venue, the exhibition traveled to Worcester, Providence, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo
  • Harvard Contemporary Art Society 1932, exhibition included Simonson, Bel Geddes, Robert Jones, Monsine, Ornslegger
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