Dwie drogi – wspólna wizja Hugo von Hofmannsthal i Edward Gordon Craig
Two Paths - a Shared Vision: Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Edward Gordon Craig

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the creative relationship between Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Edward Gordon Craig. The two artists were to join forces in a fruitful collaboration, for which Harry Graf Kessler, an admirer of their respective formal solutions and artistic visions, had high hopes. However, only woodcuts were created: Craig’s illustrations for Hofmannsthal’s drama Der weiße Fächer (White Fan) from 1897, described by the author himself as an interlude. The two artists shared a vision, a longing for things not of this world, a love of ancient myths, a rejection of realism, as well as admiration for Shakespeare and appreciation of Rembrandt. The article presents this symbiosis of thought, manifested in programmatic texts and artistic productions, intensifying wherever they could dispense with words and manage the space “between characters.”

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