Lee Simonson

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. He graduated from Harvard College in 1909.^[1]

Literary works edit

“Skyscrapers for Art Museums” The American Mercury, August 1927, pages 399-404
"Minor Prophecies" New York, Harcourt and Brace, 1927^[2]
"The Stage Is Set", New York, Dover Publications, 1932^[3]
(with Theodore Komisarjevsky): "Settings and Costumes of the Modern Stage" New York Studio Productions, 1933^[4]
Isaacs, Edith J.R., editor: "Architecture for the New Theater" Lee Simonson: "Theater Planning" New York Theater Arts, 1935^[5]
Part of a lifetime: Drawings and Designs 1919-1940, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York 1943^[6]
The Art of Scenic Design; A Pictorial Analysis of Stage Setting and its relation to Theatrical Production, 1950^[7]

"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

^ https://npg.si.edu/exh/brush/simon.htm
^ Lee Simonson (15 March 2010). Minor Prophecies. General Books. ISBN 978-0-217-25833-3. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Lee Simonson (September 1975). The stage is set. Books for Libraries Press. ISBN 978-0-518-10206-9. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Theodore Komisarjevsky; Lee Simonson (1966). Settings & costumes of the modern stage. B. Blom. ISBN 9780405087165. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs; Lee Simonson; Frederic Arden Pawley; William Lescaze; Valerian Stepanov (1935). Architecture for the new theatre. National Theatre Conference, Theatre Arts. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Lee Simonson (1943). Part of a lifetime: drawings and designs, 1919-1940. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ Lee Simonson (1950). The art of scenic design: pictorial analysis of stage setting and its relation to theatrical production. Harper. Retrieved 23 November 2011.