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BENOIS Alexander Nikolaevich

1870, St. Petersburg - 1960, Paris

 

Graphic artist, painter, theatrical designer, art historian. Studied under brother Albert Benois, at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1887-1888) and at the Faculty of Law, St Petersburg University (1890-1894). Member of the World of Art (1899; founding member), Union of Russian Artists (1903) and the Salon d'Automne (1906). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Society of Russian Watercolourists (1891-1896), Sergei Makovsky Salon (1909), International Exhibitions in Munich (1898), Rome (1911), Malmo (1914) and the Exhibitions of Russian Art in Paris (1906, 1910) and Berlin (1906). Designed for the Mariinsky Theatre, Vera Komissarzhevskaya Theatre and the Starinny Theatre in St Petersburg, Moscow Arts Theatre, Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Ida Rubinstein Ballet Company, Teatro Real de Madrid, Theatre des Champs Elysees and Theatre National de L'Opera in Paris. Curator of the Hermitage Picture Gallery (1918-1926). Member of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments of Art and Antiques. Edited the Art Treasures of Russia magazine (1901-1903). Emigrated to Paris (1926). 
Collection of the Russian Museum
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Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
1916–1917
Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
1916–1917
“On the Shore of Empty Waves…”
“On the Shore of Empty Waves…”
1916
Set design for Scene I
Set design for Scene I
1917
Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
Время, пробуждающее Труд и Торговлю
1917
«Он очутился под столбами большого дома»
«Он очутился под столбами большого дома»
1918
Барин-англоман
Барин-англоман
Герман
Герман
Елецкий
Елецкий
Кавалергард
Кавалергард
Летний сад
Летний сад
Няньки
Няньки
Подруга Лизы
Подруга Лизы
Costume design for Molière’s Le Malade imaginaire
Costume design for Molière’s Le Malade imaginaire
1921
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Горный пейзаж (Капсель)
Горный пейзаж (Капсель)
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