Biography
Posters, set designs. Born 18 October 1898 in Aachen. Studied architecture and art at the universities of Munich and Würzberg. 1924-5: taught stage design at the Bavarian Landesbühne, Munich. 1927-74: artistic advisor and set designer at the Darmstadt Landestheater (1927-33), Stadtische Opera, Berlin (1931-3), State Opera, Hamburg (from 1937), Staatsoper, Vienna (1941-5), Städtische Oper, Berlin, Deutsche Oper, Berlin (1954-74). Also worked for opera houses in Salzburg and Milan (La Scala). Died 2 July 1985 in Berlin.
Writings by
- Musikalisches Theater in Hamburg (with ), Hamburg, 1938
- Oper im Bild, Berlin, 1961
- Verzeichnis meiner Arbeiten, 1924-64, Munich, 1964.
Writings about
- , ‘Wilhelm Reinking’, Gg, Feb. 1932, pp. 2-13
- , ‘The stage decorator Wilhelm Reinking’, Gg, Dec. 1938, pp. 39-48
- , 1958
- DBE, 1998.