Georges Wakhévitch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Wakhévitch

Russian art director

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1907

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1984

Profession: illustrator, painter, costume designer, production designer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Georges Wakhévitch (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhtevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921.
He was grew up in Paris, where he studied painting.
He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s. Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera.
His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960.
He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's Faust, replacing some in use for over half a century. He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch.