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Alexandre Benois

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in the orchestra of the Saint Petersburg opera). Alexandre played a central role in the Russian artistic community both before and after the Revolution. Anna was always by his side. Her presence was positively remembered in the artistic circles with several mentions by artist like
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from a renowned Russian musical family. They first met in 1876 when Alexandre was learning music from the family patriarch, Karl Ivanovich Kind (who first came to Russia in the late 1840s, becoming a
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contains a skechbook with costume and set designs for Giselle by Adolphe Adam (1924) held by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University Libraries.
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The supplement to The modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian history: Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - Bugaev, Boris Nikolaevich
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Alexandre was the cousin of Hans von Bartels, of the Alsace Lorraine Bartels. Benois biography contains an entire chapter dedicated to Hans von Bartels.
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In 1927 he left Russia and settled in Paris. He worked primarily as a set designer after settling in France.
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21 April] 1870 – 9 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian,
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The Silver Age: Russian Art of the Early Twentieth Century and the 'World of Art' Group
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Stranitsy khudozhestvennoi kritiki – Kniga vtoraia: Sovremennye Russkie khudozhniki
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Retrospective Revolution: A History of Time and Memory in Urban Russia, 1903-1923
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Alexandre's nephew, Nikolai Albertovich Benois, married the opera singer
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Meditating the Idea of Building Saint Petersburg at the Shore of the
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During the first decade of the new century, Benois continued to edit
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Costume Design on Broadway: Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1985
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was groundbreaking. His sets and costumes for the productions of
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Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum
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Alexandre was born into the artistic and intellectual
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In 1901, Benois was appointed scenic director of the
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It became known as the 349:, from the "Alphabet in Pictures", 1904 202: 1894; died 1952) 843: 841: 839: 837: 835: 867:. Penguin Books Limited. p. 41. 7: 332:Saint Petersburg Imperial University 143:Saint Petersburg Imperial University 1078:Librettists from the Russian Empire 902:"Autobiography of Alexandre Benois" 386:(World of Art), which promoted the 1019:Works by or about Alexandre Benois 25: 1108:White Russian emigrants to France 1093:Painters from the Russian Empire 725: 703: 681: 661: 642: 624: 582:Alexandre was also the uncle of 564:Notable family members include: 427:Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 407:on 19th-century Russian art and 1113:Burials at Batignolles Cemetery 1088:Artists from the Russian Empire 199: 1098:Painters from Saint Petersburg 476:Surviving the upheaval of the 469:and other notable theatres of 1: 549:. She was a model painted by 357:, Benois painted a series of 34:Eastern Slavic naming customs 904:(in Russian). Archived from 261:Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua 689:Military Parade of Emperor 577:Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova 570:Nicola Alexandrovich Benois 529:In 1894, Alexandre married 353:Three years later while in 260: 27:Russian painter (1870–1960) 1134: 798:Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. 478:Russian Revolution of 1917 250:Александр Николаевич Бенуа 32:In this name that follows 31: 1001:(Saint Petersburg, 1909). 888:"A Russian Alphabet Book" 249: 108:9 February 1960 (aged 89) 73: 64: 987:(Newtonville, MA, 1982). 510:in two volumes in 1955. 298:Early life and education 861:Figes, Orlando (2018). 813:Encyclopædia Britannica 771:List of Russian artists 506:. Benois published his 438:Imperial Russian Ballet 272:and founding member of 980:(Cambridge, MA, 1995). 811:Various sources, e.g. 637:, Ballets Russes, 1909 526: 350: 222:Camille Cavos (mother) 80:Portrait of Benois by 1118:Mir iskusstva artists 650:Promenade of Empress 524: 345: 338:Entry into art career 134:Russian, later French 1068:Art Nouveau painters 634:Le Pavillon d'Armide 588:Zinaida Serebriakova 559:Zinaida Serebriakova 547:Mstislav Dobuzhinsky 368:. When exhibited by 124:Batignolles Cemetery 1038:Harry Ransom Center 900:Benois, Alexandre. 890:@ Streets of Salem. 742:Cultural depictions 695:Mikhaylovsky Castle 418:The Bronze Horseman 363:Last Promenades of 1073:Ballet librettists 997:Sergei Makovskii, 531:Anna Karlovna Kind 527: 467:Moscow Art Theatre 388:Aesthetic Movement 351: 328:Nikolai Tcherepnin 264:; 3 May [ 181:Anna Karlovna Kind 994:(New York, 1978). 874:978-0-14-198959-4 568:Alexandre's son, 494:Leonardo da Vinci 434:Mariinsky Theatre 322:, a painter, and 314:. 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Index

Alexander Benois
Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic
family name

Léon Bakst
Saint Petersburg
Paris
Batignolles Cemetery
Saint Petersburg Imperial University
Mir Iskusstva
Art Nouveau
Aesthetic
Anna Karlovna Kind
ru
Nicholas Benois
Benois
Russian
romanized
O.S.
preservationist
Mir iskusstva
Ballets Russes
Sergei Diaghilev
ballet
stage design
Benois family
intelligentsia
Catterino Cavos
Nicholas Benois

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