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Donald Deskey

Donald Deskey (1894 - 1989) was active/lived in New York, Minnesota.  Donald Deskey is known for Art deco interior designer.

A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s.  One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith Halpert, owner of the first American art gallery dedicated to sales of modernist artists.  A major influence on his style was his visit in 1925 to Paris to the Exposition Internatonale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.  This event, which featured modern, streamlined design, was key to the future direction of his career.

Having been chosen by the Rockefeller Center architects for Radio City, Deskey was in charge of the overall design including the furnishings.  One of the unique features he introduced was the wallpaper in the mens' lounge, which was titled Nicotine and was printed in tobacco brown on aluminum foil paper.

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Facts about Donald Deskey

A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s.  One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith Halpert, owner of the first American art gallery dedicated to sales of modernist artists.  A major influence on his style was his visit in 1925 to Paris to the Exposition Internatonale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.  This event, which featured modern, streamlined design, was key to the future direction of his career.

Having been chosen by the Rockefeller Center architects for Radio City, Deskey was  ...  Displaying 750 of 3131 characters.

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