Marcel Mültzer

Marcel Mültzer was a French artist born in Angers in 1866 and died in Marly-le-Roi in 1937. Library and museum records describe him as a costume designer, painter, decorator, and poster artist, with a career closely tied to the world of French theater and opera.

He is especially associated with costume designs for the Opéra-Comique and other stage productions. Catalog records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and related collections list a large body of costume sketches by him for works such as Aphrodite, Hamlet, Carmen, and Così fan tutte, showing how widely he worked across repertory and productions.

Today, Mültzer is remembered less as a household name than as a skilled visual storyteller of the stage. His preserved designs offer a glimpse into how singers, actors, and characters were imagined for performance in the Belle Époque and early 20th century.