Emil Pirchan
Subtitle: a universal artist of the 20th century : set designer, graphic designer, architect, designer
By: edited by Beat Steffan ; with essays by René Grohnert [and ten others] ; translation, Bernd Weiss
Contributors: Museum Folkwang Essen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Nimbus, Kunst und Bücher
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Wädenswil am Zürichsee
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9783038500438
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Universal artist of the 20th century
Description: "The proverbial tale of finding something in the attic: countless old boxes which turned out to contain the legacy of a man who was a universal artist--not as a cheerful dilettante but as a recognized, indeed renowned representative of his areas of expertise. This sensational discovery induced the artist's grandson to undertake an expedition into the oeuvre of his brilliant grandfather Emil Pirchan. The result is a volume which makes it possible to freshly experience all the arts of the first half of the 20th century: in more than 300 mostly unknown illustrations and in essays by accredited experts in the disciplines in which Pirch was active"--Back cover.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum Folkwang Essen, February 22-May 5, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index.