Édouard Desplechin His name is often spelt "Despléchin" » with an acute accent. (12 April 1802 – 10 December 1871), was a 19th-century French

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 train ...

er, one of the most famous of his time.

Biography

He created numerous settings for grands opéras and theatre plays of the romantic era, and closely collaborated with great composers such as

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and

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

. His workshop was taken over by

Eugène Carpezat Eugène Louis Carpezat (Paris, 4 November 1833 – Paris, 26 February 1912) was an acclaimed French scenographer in the Belle Époque. Career Carpezat was the son of lemonade makers Claude François Carpezat and Jacqueline Caniou. After conside ...

and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre.

Students

* Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (1839–1891).

References

Bibliography

* Jean-Maxime Levêque, ''Édouard Desplechin, le décorateur du grand opéra à la française (1802-1871)'', L’Harmattan, collection « Univers musical », 2008, 198 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Desplechin, Edouard French scenic designers Artists from Lille 1802 births 1871 deaths