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Drew W DeShong

Drew W. DeShong (1941 - 2014) was active/lived in Texas, California / Norway.  Drew DeShong is known for Abstract figure painting, oil and watercolor.

Andrew DeShong died of cancer on February 18, 2014 in Berkeley, California. Drew was a painter, set designer, theater historian, and longtime drama bookstore owner and manager. While still an undergraduate, he had a one-person show at a major New York gallery.  At Harvard, he designed sets and costumes for Loeb mainstage and experimental theater productions, including the premiere of Erich Segal’s version of Plautus’ Braggart Warrior. He went on to design productions at numerous Bay Area theaters. 

After studying in Paris and receiving his PhD in theater history from Yale, he taught university courses in theater history, dramatic literature, and set design, and co-curated a major exhibition of twentieth-century stage design at the Henie Onstad Foundation in Oslo. 

His book, The Theatrical Designs of George Grosz, is the standard work on the subject. For nearly a quarter century, Drew owned and operated Drama Books, a cultural center and meet   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1413 characters.]  Artist bio

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