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Three Harvard men--Robert Edmond Jones, Donald Oenslager, and Lee Simonson--are the artists, whose theatrical designs are now on exhibit in Fogg. While these designs prove that all three are excellent draftsmen, colorists, and masters of composition, their real work is not hanging in the galleries. They are scenic designers, and their finished creations are physical settings on a stage. Jones has said that a scene design is no more than an "intention." These artists' designs must be judged as "intentions," without consideration of such qualities of an actual setting as plasticity and compatibility with the play's flow...
...Simonson has modified Jones' emphasis on the designer's personality, but has generally remained true to the concept of interpretive, selective realism. A superb example of this is his setting for the Theatre Guild's "Liliom" in 1921. He filled the stage with patterns of light, form, and color, yet the treatment remained realistic...
More than 200 costume and set designs went on exhibit yesterday at Fogg Museum. The designs are the work of three Harvard graduates who have been active in the theatre--Robert Edmond Jones '10, Donald Oenslager '23, and Lee Simonson...
...Simonson, one of the founders of the Theatre Guild, was associated with the group for many years. Among his designs for the Guild now on exhibition are "Back to Methuselah," "Liliom," "The Adding Machine," and "Amphytryon 38." Oenslager is represented by designs for 34 productions, including models for "Life With Mother" and "Born Yesterday...
...three designers were members of the Harvard Dramatic Club; Jones while a member of the Faculty, and Oeuslager and Simonson as undergraduates. In conjunction with the Fogg exhibition, the H.D.C. is presenting a reading of O'Neill's "He," a one act play, in Fogg Large Lecture Room on October...