!!!Pirchan, Emil

b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Bruenn), May 27, 1884, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 20, 1957, set designer, painter, architect and writer. 
Studied in Munich and in Vienna under O.  Wagner; 1919-1932 set and 
costume design at the Berlin Staatstheater (expressionist productions 
together with the director L. Jessner); 1932-1936 art director of the 
Deutsches Theater in Prague, 1936-1948 and then occasionally also set 
designer at the Vienna Burgtheater (monumental settings). 1936 taught 
at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts; 1935-1937 and 1948 summer courses 
at the Mozarteum, Salzburg. Author of novels, essays, etc.

!Works
Faustbrevier, 1918; Buehnenbrevier, 1938; Unsterbliches Wien, 
1939; F. Elssler, 1940; H. Kreutzberg, 1941; H. Makart, 1941; Klimt, 
1942; T. Krones, 1942; M. Daffinger, 1943; Buehnenmalerei, 1946; M. 
Geistinger, 1947; 2000 Jahre Buehnenbild, 1949; Das Maskenmachen und 
Schminken, 1951; Kostuemkunde, 1952; 300 Jahre Wr. Operntheater, 1953; 
O. Wagner, 1956.

!Literature
E. Schepelmann-Rieder, E. P. und das expressionist. 
Buehnenbild, 1964; K. Pierwoss, Der Szenen- und Kostuembildner 
E. P., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1970; F. Schmatz, 
Nachlass-Dokumentation E. P., 1986.



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