Paul Huldschinsky

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Paul Oscar Huldschinsky (born August 18, 1889 in Berlin , † February 1, 1947 in Santa Monica ) was a German interior designer and illustrator .

Life

Paul Huldschinsky was the son of the industrialist and art collector Oscar Huldschinsky . He first worked in Munich and during this time mainly created book illustrations. He later moved to Berlin and started working as an interior designer.

He furnished offices in Unter den Linden as well as "numerous villas and spacious apartments in the affluent south-west" of Berlin, such as the villa of Baroness Goldschmidt-Rothschild on Schwanenwerder , Inselstrasse 7. In November 1938 he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . After his release he emigrated to the USA in December 1938, where he continued to work as an interior designer. He designed z. B. Thomas Mann's villa in Pacific Palisades , the contact is also documented by entries in Mann's diary. Huldschinsky also worked as a set designer for the film industry. He died in 1947 after a serious illness, leaving behind his wife Marie Ann and several stepchildren. "... after Huldschinsky's death all traces are lost."

Letters from Huldschinsky are in Erika Landsberg's estate , the holdings were handed over to the German National Library (DNB) by the Ratinger city ​​archive . A drawing by Huldschinsky's hand for the 60th birthday of the publisher, art collector and councilor Alexander Koch from 1920 entered the art market in 2010.

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1945 , Huldschinsky received an Oscar together with Cedric Gibbons , William Ferrari and Edwin B. Willis for the set of the film The House of Lady Alquist . Other films he was involved in include Desire Me and Meet Me in St. Louis .

Interior fittings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to the California Death Index
  2. ↑ Oscar Huldschinsky. ( Memento of January 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). In: ghwk.de , October 10, 2004.
  3. ^ Special exhibition: The Berlin-Wannsee Golf and Country Club. ( Memento of January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: ghwk.de , November 1, 2004.
  4. ^ A b c Heinrich Wefing : Paul Huldschinsky. In: berlin.de  / Redaktion Zeitschrift aktuell , December 2008.
  5. ^ A b Christine Fischer-Defoy : Schwanenwerder in National Socialism. A tour of the island. In: aktivives-museum.de , members' newsletter No. 62 • January 2010, p. 4; 6, (PDF; 475 kB), pp. 4–11.
  6. ^ Francis Nenik , Sebastian Stumpf (photos): Seven Palms. The Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles . Spector Books, Leipzig 2018, ISBN 978-3-95905-180-4 , pp. 76 . Reading sample.
  7. ^ Topic: Paul Huldschinsky. In: thomasmann.de , Forum Thomas Mann, 2005.
  8. ^ Erika Münster-Schröer: The Landsberg estate in the city archive of Ratingen. In: City of Ratingen , July 16, 2012, (PDF).
  9. ↑ Erika Landsberg's estate in the German Exile Archive Frankfurt : DNB 98938604X
  10. ↑ Barbara Fischer: Outstanding New Acquisitions 2008. # Estate Erika Landsberg (1906 - 1979). ( Memento of December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: DNB , 2008.
  11. ↑ Sale 38M, Lot No. No matches found ... ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Nagel Auctions , April 14, 2010, in: Auction: Modern and Contemporary Art 38M.
  12. ↑ Oscar awards "Best Set Design / Best Equipment": Best Equipment 1945. In: wissenswertes.at , February 10, 2020.
  13. ↑ Desire Me in: The American Film Institute catalog , University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 9780520215214 , p. 586, limited preview in Google Book Search.
  14. ^ Crew List: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In: Reel Classics , June 21, 2010.
  15. ↑ To the Hulle-Munich house. By the architects Paul Huldschinsky and Karl Joh. Mossner. In: Innen-Decoration , December 1915, 26th year, issue 12, pp. 426–466, digitized version of the Heidelberg University Library .
  16. ↑ A country house in Upper Bavaria. With an arrangement by Paul Huldschinsky , Rhythmus im Bauwerk , Das Blaue Zimmer , Kuno Graf von Hardenberg : "Das Musikzimmer" etc. In: Innen-Decoration , March 1920, 31st year, issue 3, pp. 86-120, digitized Heidelberg University Library.
  17. ↑ Modern shop fittings. Exterior and interior design. Ernst Pollak Verlag, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1930, DNB 36150909X , p. 53.
  18. ^ Photo: Library in the business premises of Paul Graupe, Tiergartenstrasse 4. Architect P. Huldschinsky - 1920s. In: Getty Images  / Ullstein Bild .
  19. ^ Francis Nenik, Sebastian Stumpf: Seven Palms. The Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades . Spector Books, Leipzig 2018, ISBN 978-3-95905-180-4 , pp. 72-87; 132-135; 144 .
personal data
SURNAME Huldschinsky, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Huldschinsky, Paul Oscar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German interior designer and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1947
Place of death Santa Monica