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Léon Bakst
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Russian artist (1866–1924)
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Léon Bakst, born Chaim Lev Rosenberg as Лейб-Хаим Израилевич Розенберг in 1866 in Hrodna, was a Russian Empire, Russia, and France citizen. He worked as a painter, designer, costume designer, and scenographer. Bakst studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Académie Julian and was a member of Mir iskusstva. His student was Marc Chagall. He spoke Russian and received the award of Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Bakst died on 1924-12-27 in Rueil-Malmaison and is buried at Batignolles Cemetery. His works include portraits and are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Museum of Modern Art. He is described by the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.
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Key facts
- Born
- Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg , 27 January 1866 ( 1866-01-27 ) , Grodno , Russian Empire
- Died
- 27 December 1924 (1924-12-27) (aged 58) , Rueil-Malmaison , France
- Alma mater
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Movement
- Modernist, Orientalist themes
- Spouse
- Lyubov Tretyakova ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1903 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1907 )
- Children
- André Bakst [ fr ]
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Hrodna
- Place of death
- Rueil-Malmaison
- Occupation
- interior designer
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Student of
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Genre
- portrait
- Image
- Léon Bakst, Self-Portrait, 1906, Tretyakov Gallery 9077.jpg
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- Commons category
- Léon Bakst
- date of birth
- 1866-05-10
- date of death
- 1924-12-28
- Commons Creator page
- Léon Bakst
- place of burial
- Batignolles Cemetery
- member of
- Mir iskusstva
- student
- Marc Chagall
- has works in the collection
- Waddesdon Manor
- P6482
- Léon Bakst
- birth name
- Лейб-Хаим Израилевич Розенберг
- pseudonym
- Léon Bakst
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Encyclopedic overview
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst (Russian: Леон (Лев) Самойлович Бакст), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1866 – 27 December 1924), was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.
Early life
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