Lila De Nobili
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Lila De Nobili an Italian
fashion illustrator, stage designer, and costume designer
. She was noted for her work at Vogue magazine and her collaborations with directors such as Luchino Visconti
and Franco Zeffirelli
.
.
In the 1930s, she studied with the artist Ferruccio Ferrazzi at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
She settled in Paris
in 1943, and this would be her home for most of her life up until her death in 2002.
collections for various magazines, especially Vogue
She went on to work on numerous collaborations with Luchino Visconti, working with him at the La Scala
opera house in Milan
, and Franco Zeffirelli, as well as working with Peter Hall.
Italy
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fashion illustrator, stage designer, and costume designer
Costume Designer
A costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
. She was noted for her work at Vogue magazine and her collaborations with directors such as Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
and Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli KBE is an Italian director and producer of films and television. He is also a director and designer of operas and a former senator for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party....
.
Personal
Nobili's father was from an old Italian family and her mother was from a Jewish Hungarian family. An uncle was the painter Marcel VertèsMarcel Vertès
Marcel Vertès was a Hungarian costume designer. He won two Academy Awards for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge....
.
In the 1930s, she studied with the artist Ferruccio Ferrazzi at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
She settled in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1943, and this would be her home for most of her life up until her death in 2002.
Illustration
In Paris, Nobili began doing illustrations of the haute coutureHaute couture
Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...
collections for various magazines, especially Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
Theater
Nobili created stage and costume designs for many of the most important productions of her time, including Angel Pavement (1947), Le voleur d'enfants (1948), A Streetcar Named Desire (1949), La Petite Lili (1951), Anna Karenine (1951), Gigi (1951), Cyrano de Bergerac (1953), The Country Girl (1954), The Crucible (1954), La Plume de Ma Tante (1958), L'Arlésienne (1958), Carmen (1959) and The Aspern Papers (1961).She went on to work on numerous collaborations with Luchino Visconti, working with him at the La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
opera house in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, and Franco Zeffirelli, as well as working with Peter Hall.
External links
- 1959 : La création de Carmen au Palais Garnier dans les décors et costumes de Lila de Nobili The web site of the book which is going to be published
- "Memorial Tribute, 2006 Award Winner Lila De Nobili," Theater Development Fund
- "Lila de (sic) Nobili" at the Internet Broadway Database