Object Details
Artist
Elmer Fryer, 1898 - 1944
Sitter
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 29 May 1897 - 29 Nov 1957
Exhibition Label
Born Brno, Czech Republic (formerly Brünn, Austria-Hungary)
The composer of dynamic scores for such Hollywood classics as Captain Blood (1935) and King’s Row (1942), Erich Korngold initially won fame in Europe as a musical prodigy. He completed his first major work at age eleven and premiered his critically acclaimed opera Die tote Stadt (1920) at twenty-three.
In 1934, at the request of director Max Reinhart, Korngold traveled to Hollywood to adapt Felix Mendelssohn’s music for the film version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). Dividing his time between Europe and Hollywood, he created music for several more films and earned an Academy Award with his score for Anthony Adverse (1936). After Nazi Germany’s Anschluss in 1938 made it unsafe for him to remain in Austria, Korngold settled permanently in Hollywood, where his work for the Warner Brothers Studio soon included the Oscar-winning score for The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Nacido en Brno, República Checa (antes Brünn, Imperio austrohúngaro)
Autor de dinámicas partituras para clásicos de Hollywood como El capitán Blood (1935) y King’s Row (1942), Erich Korngold se hizo famoso primero en Europa como prodigio musical. Creó su primera obra importante a los once años y estrenó su aclamada ópera Die tote Stadt (1920) a los veintitrés.
En 1934, a petición del director Max Reinhardt, Korngold viajó a Hollywood para adaptar la música de Félix Mendelssohn a una versión fílmica de Sueño de una noche de verano (1935). Viviendo entre Europa y Hollywood, compuso música para varias películas más y ganó un Oscar por Anthony Adverse (1936). Tras la anexión de Austria por la Alemania nazi en 1938, ya no era seguro regresar a Austria, y Korngold se radicó definitivamente en Hollywood, donde su trabajo para los estudios Warner Brothers incluyó la banda sonora de Las aventuras de Robin Hood, ganadora del Oscar.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Musical America Archives
Date
October, 1934
Object number
NPG.2012.2
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 24 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2")
Sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16")
Place
United States\California\Los Angeles\Los Angeles
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Exhibition
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation
On View
NPG, West Gallery 250
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Music\Musical instrument\Piano
Home Furnishings\Curtain
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Male
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
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Record ID
npg_NPG.2012.2