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(b Grodno, 28 Apr. [10 May] ; d Paris, 27 Dec. ). Russian painter, graphic artist, and stage designer, active for much of his career in Paris. He was a​.
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Diaghilev, Serge, Scrapbook: Clippings and announcements,. Set design for Apotheose, Ekstrom Collection: Diaghilev and Stravinsky Foundation, Fonds Edward Gordon Craig. Ivor Novello Stage and Film Collection, s Howard D.

Lobanov-Rostovsky, Nikita D. Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, Lissim, Simon, De Lustrac, Philippe [clippings]. Debussy, Claude, Clarence McGehee collection on Ruth St.

Crain, W. Schumann, Robert, Carnaval : partition : manuscript, []. Bakst, Leon. Nemchinova, Vera,. Migel, Parmenia,. Westerman, Sylvia. Ballets Russes collection, Scrapbooks concerning Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo Ballet Russe. Ballets Russes Diaghilev.

Lot 37. LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)

Bertin, Pierre, Craig, Edward Gordon D'Annunzio, Gabriele, Ekstrom, Parmenia Migel. Fokine, Michel, Frick Art Reference Library. Gallatin, A. Leon Bakst,. McGehee, Clarence.

While intoxicating because of the exotic and fantastical subject matter of many of these productions, they also oftentimes communicated certain core values that permeate the romances and tragedies presented in the ballets. Not only did it feature both Vaslav Nijinski and Ida Rubinstein, but the exotic setting and colorful, often quite revealing costumes—which earned Bakst the questionable title of "erotomaniac"—proved a feast for the eye and were described as "a perfect tornado of color. Graphite with watercolor and gouache, 11 x 9 in.

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To create the illusory worlds of the Ballets Russes, Bakst worked out every detail on paper. He enriched his imagination through close study of the people, nature, and historical objects from private collections and museums he encountered during his travels, which allowed him to invoke a specific time and place for each individual production. To ensure that his vision was executed successfully, a whole range of different types of drawings were made to communicate important information about colors, measurements, and materials.

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Most designs, therefore, circulated in a number of copies, some by the hand of the master, others done by workshop assistants made by way of transfer paper. Lobanov, Costume Design for the Ballet Thamar , dated While Bakst is best known through his highly finished and very expressive presentation drawings, which were collected almost from the moment the ink on the pages had dried, it is only when we look at the vast array of drawings that have survived that we gain a true understanding not only of the splendor and ingenuity of Bakst's designs, but also of the meticulous planning and creative force that drove some of the most iconic ballet productions of the 20th century.

Leon Bakst: Russian Designer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: Biography

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Initially oriented towards the realist style and motifs used abundantly by Vladimir Makovskii, Bakst's taste was refined and influenced by the quasi-aristocratic feel of Benois-Filosofov-Diaghilev circle. Benois even argued that it was him who sparked this passion to the ballet in Bakst. Bakst was part of the circle of artists who formed the influential Mir Iskusstva The World of Art movement since and in the artist co-founded the Mir Iskusstva journal with Alexandre Benois and Serge Diaghilev. This new phase in Bakst's career as a graphic editor allowed him to concentrate mostly on the graphic arts and illustrations for the journal until Together with Benois and K.

Somov Bakst revolutionised the design of books and journals in Russia and this particular style dominated the scene of the graphic arts in Russia for next twenty years. Rich, sensuous Classicism was Bakst's trademark. Apparently, Bakst was familiar with Viennese Ver Sacrum magazine and its linear, fluid, organic drawings with classical columns, motifs and decorative draped figures reminiscent of Ancient Greece, were of great influence on Bakst's graphic arts. Although Bakst was interested in theatre from the early childhood, a great patron of the arts and powerful industrialist, Savva Mamontov spurred the enthusiastic interest towards theatrical production among the Mir Iskusstva artists and Bakst was not an exception.


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In the early s, Bakst worked for the Hermitage and made his debut with the stage design for Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Later, he also had commissions from the Mariinsky Theatre in In , while being engaged with theatrical productions, Bakst participated in a grand travelling exhibition of Russian art organised by Diaghilev and was preparing the Russian section of the annual art exhibition, the Salon d'Automne in Paris.

Also, in he started to teach drawing at the renowned and progressive Elizaveta Zvantseva's School of Art and Marc Chagall was later one of Bakst's students. Leon Bakst is best known for his stage designs for the Ballets Russes, the pioneering company founded by impresario Sergei Diaghilev in