1. Joseph Urban was an Austrian-American architect, illustrator, and scenic designer.
12 Facts About Joseph Urban
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Joseph Urban received his first architectural commission at age 19 when he was selected to design the new wing of the Abdin Palace in Cairo by Tewfik Pasha.
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Joseph Urban became known around the world for his innovative use of color, his pointillist technique, and his decorative use of line.
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Joseph Urban designed buildings throughout the world from Esterhazy Castle in Hungary to the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.
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Joseph Urban immigrated to the United States in 1911 to become the art director of the Boston Opera Company.
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Joseph Urban was already an accomplished international architect, illustrator and theatre set designer with over 50 productions from his home Vienna Royal Opera, the Champs-Elysees Opera, and Covent Garden.
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Joseph Urban co-produced with Richard Ordynski Percy MacKaye's "Community Masque" Caliban by the Yellow Sands.
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Many of Joseph Urban's settings remained in the company's repertoire into the 1950s.
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Joseph Urban went to work creating a stunning night-club with glass balconies, a moving stage, and rainbow lighting effects.
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Joseph Urban had success after success in his creating of the Follies' sets, and William Randolph Hearst, a media tycoon, took notice and wanted to hire Joseph Urban to work on his films starring Marion Davies, his mistress, and previous Follies starlet.
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Joseph Urban died July 10,1933, of a heart attack at his apartment at the St Regis Hotel in Manhattan, where he had been convalescing following surgery in May.
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Joseph Urban was one of the originators of the American Art Deco style.