Adolphe Appia

Swiss architect, stage director and scenographer (1862–1928)

Person human Q124077

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: September 1, 1862
Date of death: February 29, 1928
Place of birth: Geneva
Place of death: Nyon
Country of citizenship: Switzerland^[11]
Occupation: architect, writer, theatre designer, musician
Educated at: University of Music and Theatre Leipzig^[12]
Religion or worldview: reformed^[13]
Father: Louis Appia^[9]
Mother: Wikidata item^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[19]
Archives at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts^[15]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Family name: Appia^[16]
Given name: Adolphe^[17]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Geneva^[18]
Writing language: French

🏷️ Also known as

en Adolphe François Appia en Adolphe Appia ar أدولف آبيا de Adolphe François Appia fa آدولف آپیا fr Adolphe François Appia it Adolphe François Appia nl Adolphe François Appia ru Адольф Аппиа ru Аппиа, Адольф sv Appia uk Адольф Аппіа uk Аппіа uk Аппіа Адольф

🔖 Identifiers · 112

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VIAF cluster ID: 73903825
Library of Congress authority ID: n50023938
GND ID: 118503731
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Adolphe Appia 002.jpg ↗
AbART person ID: 58853
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/90175
Artist-info artist ID: 186056
Artists of the World ID: 10071568
Artnet artist ID: adolphe-francois-appia
BAnQ authority ID: 0000128331
BIBSYS ID: 90162102

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BMLO ID: a0584
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): AppiaAdolphe1862-1928
Benezit ID: B00006286
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12216036f
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: appia-adolphe-francois
CARLA ID: 21036
CONOR.SI ID: 19299
CONOR.SR ID: 696423
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12069125
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741629737600
DDB person (GND) ID: 118503731
DFK Paris person ID: 0002964831
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118503731
Dezède person ID: 26614
Dodis ID: P64639
EGAXA ID: vtls001632753
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 76892
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Adolphe-Appia
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: adolphe-appia, appia-reperes-chronologiques
FAST ID: 7868
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_118503731
Freebase ID: /m/08v7vf
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: adolphe-appia
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0004553
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Adolphe_Appia
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1824960
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: appia-adol-f-29517e
Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID: Аппіа,_Адольф
Grove Music Online ID: 01110
Gyldendals Teaterleksikon ID: Adolphe_Appia
HDS ID: 009429
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 3391
IdRef ID: 030821924
KBR person ID: 14412482
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118503731
Kallías ID: PE00520992
Krugosvet article (archived): kultura_i_obrazovanie/teatr_i_kino/APPIA_ADOLF.html
Lex ID: Adolphe_Appia
Libraries Australia ID: 35007541
MART catalog person ID: 19185
MMB ID: 117409
Modernist Commons ID: 432
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 62877
Museum-digital ID: 187076
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 127701
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03942438
NDL Authority ID: 00620272
NE.se ID: adolphe-appia
NL CR AUT ID: xx0001218
NLA Trove people ID: 787588
NLP ID: a0000001775526
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000289287
NSK ID: 981005754922209366
NUKAT ID: n00030597
National Library of Brazil ID: 001603156
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000405588
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007462716505171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000190583
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:V*375430;=BI
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810576874105606
National Library of Portugal ID: 5645
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1467014
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070236763
Obálky knih ID: xx0001218
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3870472
Open Library ID: OL835448A
OpenMLOL author ID: 213865, 436565
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095419830
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID: 150692
Parsifal cluster ID: 328061
Patrinum ID: 41101
Portrait Archive ID: 455849
Prabook ID: 3733748, 727883
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 9172
Quora topic ID: Adolphe-Appia
RERO ID (legacy): A002934413
RILM ID: 8661
RKDartists ID: 2230
SBN author ID: RAVV044048
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 220771
SIK-ISEA person ID: 4000014
SIKART person ID: 4000014
SNAC ARK ID: w6dr3dp6
SPAP ID: a/cd7cbd41-5b2e-4dee-9ea1-b584d3ef6cf4
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID: vtls011897265
Sächsische Biografie (GND) ID: 19436
Tabakalera ID: 47070
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 427
TheaterEncyclopedie ID: 01944072-b085-7291-8f1f-5f32f14d1b49
Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ID: Adolphe_Appia
Treccani ID: adolphe-appia
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: adolphe-appia
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500021289
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 299009
Unz Review author ID: AppiaAdolphe
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/182818
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: adolphe-appia
WBIS ID: F357405, I603-012-8, D304-170-7
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJh8JwQPCqwFJJctttbKh3
Yale LUX ID: person/7fc710df-d87b-4cf8-a201-60870ef6966e

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Occupation 3

writer, architect, theatre designer

Country of citizenship 1

Switzerland

Educated at 1

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig

Father 1

Louis Appia

Given name 1

Adolphe

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1

Geneva

Parent of 1

Louis Appia

Place of birth 1

Geneva

Place of death 1

Nyon

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

French

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Summary

Adolphe Appia was born on September 1, 1862^[1], in Geneva^[2]. He died on February 29, 1928^[3], in Nyon^[4]. He worked as an architect^[5], writer^[6], theatre designer^[7], and musician^[8].

FAQs

Where was Adolphe Appia born?

Adolphe Appia's place of birth was Geneva^[2].

Where did Adolphe Appia die?

Adolphe Appia passed away in Nyon^[4].

Who were Adolphe Appia's parents?

Adolphe Appia's father was Louis Appia^[9]. Adolphe Appia's mother was Q137711648^[10].

What did Adolphe Appia do for work?

Adolphe Appia worked as an architect^[5], writer^[6], theatre designer^[7], and musician^[8].

Where did Adolphe Appia go to school?

Adolphe Appia was educated at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Adolphe Appia — place of birth (P19): Geneva. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-11. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Adolphe Appia — place of death (P20): Nyon. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Adolphe Appia — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Adolphe Appia — father (P22): Louis Appia. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Adolphe Appia — mother (P25): Q137711648. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Adolphe Appia — country of citizenship (P27): Switzerland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Adolphe Appia — educated at (P69): University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. carla.hmt-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2025-03-25. carla.hmt-leipzig.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Adolphe Appia — occupation (P106): architect. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Adolphe Appia — occupation (P106): writer. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Adolphe Appia — occupation (P106): theatre designer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Adolphe Appia — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Adolphe Appia — religion or worldview (P140): reformed. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-02-24. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Adolphe Appia — archives at (P485): SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts. performing-arts.ch. Retrieved 2026-08-18. data.performing-arts.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Adolphe Appia — date of birth (P569): September 1, 1862. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-26. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Adolphe Appia — date of death (P570): February 29, 1928. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-26. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Adolphe Appia — family name (P734): Appia. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Adolphe Appia — given name (P735): Adolphe. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Adolphe Appia — municipal affiliation of a Swiss national (P1321): Geneva. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-02-24. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Adolphe Appia — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.

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