Alexandre Benois

Portrait of Alexandre Benois by Leon Bakst, 1898

Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (3 May 1870—9 February 1960) was an artist, art critic, and historian. He was born in St. Petersburg and died in Paris. He designed several productions for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes including Petrushka.

Alexandre Benois Media

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  Baba Yaga, from the "Alphabet in Pictures", 1904

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  Anna Karlovna Benois by A.Benois (1913)

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  Set design for Le Pavillon d'Armide, Ballets Russes, 1909

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  Promenade of Empress Elizabeth through the Noble Streets of Saint Petersburg, 1903

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  Peter the Great Meditating the Idea of Building Saint Petersburg at the Shore of the Baltic Sea

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  Military Parade of Emperor Paul in front of Mikhaylovsky Castle, 1907

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  Set for Stravinsky's Petrushka, 1911

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  At the German Quarter, 1911