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{{Short description|Swedish scenic and costume designer (1928–2022)}}
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| image = Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss.jpg
| caption = Palmstierna-Weiss in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lausanne]], Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|20|1928|3|28|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| parents = {{ubl|Kule Palmstierna|Vera Herzog}}
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| {{marriage|Christopher Sylwan |1948|1952|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Peter Weiss]]|1964|1982|end=died}}
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'''Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss''' (born March 28, 1928, [[Lausanne, Switzerland]]) is a Swiss [[costume designer]], [[scenic designer]], sculptor, ceramist, and actress based in Sweden. She won the 1966 [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design]] for her work on [[Peter Weiss]]'s ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite book|title=Peter Weiss in Exile: A Critical Study of His Works|author=Roger Ellis|year=1987|publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]|page=21}}</ref> She has designed sets and costumes for numerous theaters internationally, including the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the [[Royal Swedish Opera]].<ref>{{cite work|title=Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss discusses designs and directors|author=Glenn Loney|work=Theatre Crafts|page=39-44|year=1978|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Theatre_Crafts/ir1UfDSpDgIC?hl=en&gbpv=0}}</ref> From 1966-1989 she worked regularly as a set and costume designer for [[Ingmar Bergman]].<ref name="Aufbau"/> She also collaborated as a designer with directors [[Fritz Kortner]] and [[Peter Brook]].<ref name="Aufbau"/>
'''Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss''' (28 March 1928 – 20 November 2022) was a Swedish [[costume designer]], [[scenic design]]er, sculptor, ceramist, and actress. She won the 1966 [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design]] for her work on [[Peter Weiss]]'s ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite book|title=Peter Weiss in Exile: A Critical Study of His Works|author=Roger Ellis|year=1987|publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]|page=21}}</ref> She has designed sets and costumes for numerous theaters internationally, including the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the [[Royal Swedish Opera]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss discusses designs and directors|author=Glenn Loney|magazine=Theatre Crafts|volume=12|year=1978|pages=39–44|publisher=Theatre Crafts Associates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ir1UfDSpDgIC}}</ref> From 1966 to 1989, she worked regularly as a set and costume designer for [[Ingmar Bergman]].<ref name="Aufbau"/> She also collaborated as a designer with directors [[Fritz Kortner]] and [[Peter Brook]].<ref name="Aufbau"/>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born Gunilla Pamstierna in Lausanne, Palmstierna-Weiss grew up in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Austria]]. Her parents, Kule Palmstierna and Vera Herzog, worked as physicians, and her grandfather, Erik Palmstierna, was foreign minister in Sweden's first social democratic government.<ref name="Aufbau"/> Her mother is of Jewish descent.<ref name="Aufbau"/> Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lived in Rotterdam and Berlin with her mother during [[World War II]]. After the war, she studied art in Amsterdam and Paris before moving to Sweden where she has remained since. From 1948 to 1952 she was married to the Swedish graphic artist Mark Christopher Sylwan.<ref name="Aufbau"/> In 1964 she married German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker [[Peter Weiss]]. They remained married until his death in 1980.<ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding Peter Weiss|author=Robert Cohen|publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]]|year=1993}}</ref>
Born Gunilla Palmstierna on 28 March 1928 in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland,<ref>[https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/author/detail/445 "Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121223151/https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/author/detail/445 |date=21 November 2022 }}, verbrecherverlag.de (in German)</ref> Palmstierna-Weiss grew up in the Netherlands and Austria. Her parents, Kule Palmstierna and Vera Herzog, worked as physicians, and her grandfather, [[Erik Palmstierna]], was foreign minister in Sweden's first social democratic government.<ref name="Aufbau"/> Her mother is of Jewish descent.<ref name="Aufbau"/> Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lived in Rotterdam and Berlin with her mother during [[World War II]]. After the war, she studied art in Amsterdam and Paris before moving to Sweden where she has remained since. From 1948 to 1952, she was married to the Swedish graphic artist Mark Christopher Sylwan.<ref name="Aufbau"/> In 1964 she married German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker [[Peter Weiss]]. They remained married until his death in 1982.<ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding Peter Weiss|author=Robert Cohen|publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]]|year=1993}}</ref>


Palmstierna-Weiss began her career as a ceramist in the late 1940s and 1950s. She began a romantic relationship with Weiss after the end of her first marriage, and that relationship led to a new artistic interest initially in acting and then scenic and costume design where her artistic focus ultimately settled. She appeared as an actress in several of Weiss's early experimental films. She win a Tony Award in 1966 for her costume designs in Wiess's ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', which were later used in the 1967 film version directed by [[Peter Brook]].<ref name="Aufbau">{{cite work|work=Aufbau|author=Irene Armbruster|title=Drama eines Lebens: Die schwedische Feministin|date=October 2008}}</ref>
Palmstierna-Weiss began her career as a ceramist in the late 1940s and 1950s. She began a romantic relationship with Weiss after the end of her first marriage, and that relationship led to a new artistic interest initially in acting and then scenic and costume design where her artistic focus ultimately settled. She appeared as an actress in several of Weiss's early experimental films. She won a Tony Award in 1966 for her costume designs in Weiss's ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', which were later used in the 1967 film version directed by [[Peter Brook]].<ref name="Aufbau">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Aufbau (journal)|Aufbau]]|issn=0004-7813|author=Irene Armbruster|title=Drama eines Lebens: Die schwedische Feministin|pages=18ff|date=October 2008}}</ref>


In 2009 she was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]].
In 2009, she was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]].

Palmstierna-Weiss died in Stockholm on 20 November 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scenografen Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss är död |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/gunilla-palmstierna-weiss-ar-dod/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|location=Stockholm|date=21 November 2022 |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dramaten Sörjer Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss |url=https://www.dramaten.se/artiklar/gunilla-palmstierna-weiss |website=Dramaten |access-date=21 November 2022 |language=sv}}</ref>


==References==
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Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss
Palmstierna-Weiss in 2010
Born(1928-03-28)28 March 1928
Lausanne, Switzerland
Died20 November 2022(2022-11-20) (aged 94)
Stockholm, Sweden
Spouses
  • Christopher Sylwan
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    ​
    (m. 1948; div. 1952)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1964; died 1982)​
Parents
  • Kule Palmstierna
  • Vera Herzog
Relatives

Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (28 March 1928 – 20 November 2022) was a Swedish costume designer, scenic designer, sculptor, ceramist, and actress. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade (1963).[1] She has designed sets and costumes for numerous theaters internationally, including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Swedish Opera.[2] From 1966 to 1989, she worked regularly as a set and costume designer for Ingmar Bergman.[3] She also collaborated as a designer with directors Fritz Kortner and Peter Brook.[3]

Biography

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Born Gunilla Palmstierna on 28 March 1928 in Lausanne, Switzerland,[4] Palmstierna-Weiss grew up in the Netherlands and Austria. Her parents, Kule Palmstierna and Vera Herzog, worked as physicians, and her grandfather, Erik Palmstierna, was foreign minister in Sweden's first social democratic government.[3] Her mother is of Jewish descent.[3] Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lived in Rotterdam and Berlin with her mother during World War II. After the war, she studied art in Amsterdam and Paris before moving to Sweden where she has remained since. From 1948 to 1952, she was married to the Swedish graphic artist Mark Christopher Sylwan.[3] In 1964 she married German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker Peter Weiss. They remained married until his death in 1982.[5]

Palmstierna-Weiss began her career as a ceramist in the late 1940s and 1950s. She began a romantic relationship with Weiss after the end of her first marriage, and that relationship led to a new artistic interest initially in acting and then scenic and costume design where her artistic focus ultimately settled. She appeared as an actress in several of Weiss's early experimental films. She won a Tony Award in 1966 for her costume designs in Weiss's Marat/Sade, which were later used in the 1967 film version directed by Peter Brook.[3]

In 2009, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Palmstierna-Weiss died in Stockholm on 20 November 2022, at the age of 94.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Roger Ellis (1987). Peter Weiss in Exile: A Critical Study of His Works. University of Michigan Press. p. 21.
  2. ^ Glenn Loney (1978). "Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss discusses designs and directors". Theatre Crafts. Vol. 12. Theatre Crafts Associates. pp. 39–44.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Irene Armbruster (October 2008). "Drama eines Lebens: Die schwedische Feministin". Aufbau. pp. 18ff. ISSN 0004-7813.
  4. ^ "Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss" Archived 21 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine, verbrecherverlag.de (in German)
  5. ^ Robert Cohen (1993). Understanding Peter Weiss. University of South Carolina Press.
  6. ^ "Scenografen Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss är död". Dagens Nyheter. Stockholm. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Dramaten Sörjer Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss". Dramaten (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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