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> Hi Rachel
> 
> These are among the sources in our reference library that we use when
> researching 20th set designers for the designinform database Design ProFILES
> *. The student would need to refer the individual books to indentify the
> designers who were also artists.  Looking at the first book on the list I see
> the names of several fine artists including Picasso, Cocteau, John Piper, Rex
> Whistler, Edward Burra, and Helge Refn.
> 
> Hainaux, René. Stage design throughout the world since 1935 (London: George G.
> Harrap & Co., 1956)
> 
> Hainaux, René. Stage design throughout the world since 1950 (London: George G.
> Harrap & Co., 1964)
> 
> Hainaux, René. Stage design throughout the world since 1960 (London: George G.
> Harrap & Co., 1972)
> 
> Komisarjevsky, Theodore and Simonson, Lee. Settings & costumes of the modern
> stage.  (London: The Studio, 1933)
> 
> Whitworth, Geoffrey. Theatre in action.  (London: The Studio, 1938)
> 
> Beaumont, Cyril W. Design for ballet.  (London: The Studio, 1937)
> 
> Beaumont, Cyril W. Ballet design past & present.  (London: The Studio, 1946)
> 
> Diaghilev: creator of the Ballets Russes. Edited and with text by Ann Kodicek
> (London: Lund Humphries, 1996).  [Catalogue of an exhibition at the Barbican
> Centre, London in 1996. Includes designers of sets and costumes for the
> Ballets Russes. Many artists, of course worked for the Ballets Russes]
> 
> Baer, Nancy Van Norman. Paris modern: the Swedish Ballet 1929-1925. (San
> Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996 [Catalogue of
> a touring exhibition. Includes set and costume designers]
> 
> Crisp, Mary and Crisp, Clement. Design for Ballet. (London: Studio Vista,
> 1978) [much on 20th century set designers]
> 
> Cheshire, D.F. Bibliography of theatre and stage design: a select list of
> books and articles published 1960-1970 (London: Commission for British theatre
> production, 1974)
> 
> British theatre design 1979-1983. Faringdon, England: Twynam Publishing, 1983)
> 
> British theatre design 1983-1987. (Faringdon, England: Twynam Publishing,
> 1987)
> 
> Owen, Bobbi. Costume design on Broadway: designers and their credits,
> 1915-1985. New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1987).  [Contains something like
> 1,000 entries. Many costume designers were also set designers]
> 
> The Encyclopedia of World Theater. Introduction by Martin Esslin. (New York,
> NY: Charles Scribner¹s Sons, 1977)
> 
> 
> *  Design ProFILES currently contains data on 1,136 set designers
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Chris
> 
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> 
> Dear collective wisdom,
> I have a student working on an independent study project on the topic of
> artists who were set designers in the 20th-21st centuries.   While she has
> found tons of sources on individual artists who worked as set designers, she
> is looking for more compilations or comprehensive sources on the topic as a
> whole.    I have tried searching for "set design" and "artists" as subjects in
> various databases (DAAI, Art Abstracts, to name a couple), but am also getting
> hit or miss relevancy (lots of articles/ books on individual artists, but no
> comprehensive articles on the topic as a whole).    Any ideas from the great
> minds of ARLIS?      Many thanks,
> Rachel
>  
> Rachel Beckwith

> Arts Librarian 
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