American director Bob Wilson, known for his original creations in the theater as well as in the opera, died today in the state of New York at the age of 83, the Foundation that preserves his work announced.

“We are crushing the death of Robert Wilson, artist, director of theater and opera, architect, stage designer and technical lighting, artist,” Robert Wilson Arts Foundation said, clarifying that ” Short but galloping disease “.

“Although he faced the diagnosis of his illness with clarity and determination, he felt the need to continue working and creating to the end. His works on the scene, on paper, his sculptures and videos and portraits, as well as the (art center) Watermill Center.

“Peter Pan”, “Turandot”, “Einstein on the Beach” … His directing in original works, as well as works by the traditional repertoire, created an event wherever they were screened, mainly in France.

“Bob Wilson was a visionary artist, a directing master, a light sculptor” who “deeply influenced his contemporaries, especially in France where he created so much,” commented French Minister of Culture Rasida.

“The Aristotle of Light went out. With him, one of the greatest inventors of the modern scene is lost. I met him at the Nancy Festival, in those glittering years that all seemed to be possible. It was an aesthetic shock, a revelation,” the former minister added.

Robert Wilson, or simply Bob Wilson, was born on October 4, 1941 in Weak, Texas. He began uploading his own plays to his family’s garage before moving, at the age of 20, to New York where he came into contact with pioneering artists such as Andy Warhol.

However, it was in 1976 that he conquered the international stage with the project “Einstein on the beach”, a near -five -hour work, which went up several times in theaters, signed by the famous Philip Glass.