{{Short description|American lighting designer (1908–1997)}} {{Infobox person | name = Abe Feder | image = | caption = | birth_name = Abraham Hyman Feder | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|7|27}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|4|24|1908|7|27}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Manhattan, New York, U.S.}} | death_cause = | resting_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = Stage lighting designer, architectural lighting designer | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | parents = | children = | height = | awards = }} '''Abraham Hyman Feder''' (July 27, 1908, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – April 24, 1997, Manhattan, New York) was an American lighting designer. He is regarded as the creator of lighting design for the theatre<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=April 26, 1997 |title=Abe Feder, Master of Lighting in All Its Forms, Dies at 87|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/26/theater/abe-feder-master-of-lighting-in-all-its-forms-dies-at-87.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref> and was the country's leading consultant in architectural and urban lighting.<ref name="Independent obit">{{cite news |last=Dannatt |first=Adrian |date=May 8, 1997 |title=Obituary: Abe Feder|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-abe-feder-1260315.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218041512/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-abe-feder-1260315.html |archive-date=2015-02-18 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
The lights at Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building were turned off for one hour in Feder's honor after his death.<ref name="NYT obit"/>
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==External links== * {{IBDB name | id= 25648 | name= Abe Feder }} *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_7030128/ Abe H. Feder lighting records and papers, circa 1930s–1990s].[http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/da.html/ Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives], [http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery.html/ Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University]. *[http://archives.nypl.org/the/24547 The Springer Opera House collection of Abe Feder lighting designs, 1932-2004], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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