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Léon BakstWW-1924-134776

1924·Silk, twill weave; screen printed·145.8 × 100.1 cm (57 3/8 × 39 3/8 in.)

<p>Léon Bakst received a traditional arts education in Saint Petersburg and went on to study in Paris with the Orientalist painter jean-Léon Gérôme. After returning to Saint Petersburg, he found his greatest success in the theater, creating stage and costume designs. In 1909 he teamed up with Serge Diaghilev to form the Ballets Russes, serving as artistic director. From 1912, he resided in Paris. His stage and costume designs were extremely colorful and incorporated designs borrowed from "exotic" cultures or taken from Russian folk art traditions.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1924
Medium: Silk, twill weave; screen printed
Dimensions: 145.8 × 100.1 cm (57 3/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Léon Bakst

Artist

Léon Bakst

Painting

Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, 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.

Grodno, Belarus

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