Paul Huldschinsky

Paul Huldschinsky (* 1889 in Berlin, † 1947 in Santa Monica ) was a German interior designer and illustrator.

Life

Paul Huldschinsky was a son of industrialist and art collector Oscar Huldschinsky. He worked in Munich and created in this time especially book illustrations; later he moved to Berlin, where he worked as an interior designer.

He has equipped offices and villas. So he designed as the interior of the villa Inselstraße 7 Schwanenwerder. In November 1938 he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release he emigrated to the USA in 1939, where he continued to work as an interior designer. He designed about Thomas Mann's Villa in Pacific Palisades. Furthermore Huldschinsky worked as a set designer for the film industry. He died after a long illness in late January or early February 1947 and is survived by his wife Marie Ann, and several stepchildren.

Oscar

1945 received Huldschinsky along with Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari and Edwin B. Willis won an Oscar for the equipment of the film The Gaslight. Other films in which he was involved, were Desire Me and Meet Me in St. Louis ( 1944).

Track

Letters Huldschinskys located in the estate Erika Landsberg, who will gradually pass on the DNB. A drawing of Huldschinskys hand for the 60th anniversary of the court counselor Alexander Koch from 1920 came in 2010 in the art trade.