Pavel Vasilyevich Zhukovsky, germanified as Paul von Joukowsky (; 13 January 1845 – 26 August 1912), was a German

scenic design Scenic design, also known as stage design or set design, is the creation of scenery for theatrical productions including Play (theatre), plays and Musical theatre, musicals. The term can also be applied to film and television productions, wher ...

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

Life

Born in

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, Joukowsky was the son of the Russian poet

Vasily Zhukovsky Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (; – ) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexan ...

. During 1863–64 he undertook a Grand Tour to Rome, Naples and Bonn with as Hofmeister. He was introduced to

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and

Cosima Wagner Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner (; 24 December 1837 – 1April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard ...

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

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, 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 German people of Russian descent {{Theat-bio-stub