Lovis Corinth
Stage design for the prologue in heaven in “Faust I”
1922
(Production by Victor Barnowsky at the Lessingtheater Berlin, 1922)
Pastel
Theater Studies Collection of the University of Cologne
Lovis Corinth (1858–1925) was commissioned in 1922 to create the stage design for Victor Barnowsky’s (1875–1952) production of “Faust. Part I” at the Lessingtheater. He developed his overall concept from the scene of the prologue in heaven, in which the three archangels glorify God’s works. The outline of a Gothic vault for later scenes already appears in the heavenly scene.