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Joseph Urban (1872–1933), Architect
Vienna, Austria
1933
Joseph Urban (1872–1933) was a prolific illus-
trator, architect, and one of the most innovative
designers of the twentieth century, who initially
gained international recognition for his produc-
tion and theater set design in the early 1900s.
He was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1872 and
studied architecture at the Akademie der Bil-
denden Kunste, also in Vienna, before immigrat-
ing to the United States in 1912 to become ...