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Alexandre Benois
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Early days:
Alexandre Nikolayevich
Benois was one of the
geatest artists who was born into the artistic Benois
family.He was one of the founding members of Mir iskusstva. Mir
iskusstva was a prominent Russian
magazine,which influenced Russians who helped revolutionize European
art during the first decade of the 20th century.His father Nicholas
Benois as well as his brother Leon Benois were popular Russian
architects.
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Career:
As he didn’t have plans to enter into the
field of art,he graduated in Law from St. Petersburg
University.However,couple of years later,his watercolor paintings
depicting Last Promenades of Louis
XIV were exhibited by Pavel
Tretyakov.These paintings were brought to the attention of Sergei
Diaghilev and Leon Bakst.Eventually the magazine Mir iskusstva was
together founded by them.
Alexandre Benois was successfully able to run the
gallery of Old
Masters in the Hermitage
Museum.He was also successful in printing his Illustrations to Pushkin's
Bronze Horseman.In the year 1901, Benois was
honored with the post of scenic director of the Mariinsky
Theatre. From then onwards, he dedicated most of his time for stage
design.His creativity was revealed when he designed the sets
and costumes for several Ballets such as Les
Sylphides, Giselle and Petrushka.One of his popular paintings
include Soldiers of Catherine II.
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