Alexandre Benois

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Alexandre Benois was a Russian artist, stage designer, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the Mir Iskusstva movement and a key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet.

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Alexandre Benois canonical 24
Alexander Benois 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art critic ⓘ
art historian ⓘ
costume designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
member of the Imperial Academy of Arts ⓘ
painter ⓘ
set designer ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ
birthDate 1870-05-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Russian Empire ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
burialPlace Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery ⓘ
child Nadezhda Benois ⓘ
cofounderOf Mir Iskusstva ⓘ
linked to: Mir iskusstva
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1960-02-09 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
educatedAt Imperial School of Jurisprudence ⓘ
employer Ballets Russes ⓘ
Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
Sergei Diaghilev's company ⓘ
linked to: Ballets Russes
father Nikolai Leontyevich Benois ⓘ
linked to: Nikolai Benois
fieldOfWork art criticism ⓘ
art history ⓘ
ballet scenography ⓘ
theatre design ⓘ
genre ballet design ⓘ
book illustration ⓘ
historical painting ⓘ
influenced Ballets Russes aesthetics ⓘ
Russian stage design ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf Mir Iskusstva ⓘ
linked to: Mir iskusstva
mother Camilla Albertovna Benois ⓘ
movement Art Nouveau ⓘ
Mir Iskusstva ⓘ
linked to: Mir iskusstva

Symbolism ⓘ
name Alexander Nikolayevich Benois ⓘ
Alexandre Benois ⓘ
nativeName Александр Николаевич Бенуа ⓘ
notableFor founding figure of Mir Iskusstva ⓘ
key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet ⓘ
notableWork "The Last Promenade of Catherine II" ⓘ
"Versailles Series" paintings ⓘ
decor for "Giselle" ⓘ
decor for "La Boutique fantasque" ⓘ
decor for "Le Pavillon d’Armide" ⓘ
decor for "The Nutcracker" ⓘ
decor for "The Sleeping Beauty" ⓘ
illustrations for Pushkin's works ⓘ
stage designs for "Les Sylphides" ⓘ
stage designs for "Petrushka" ⓘ
occupation art critic ⓘ
art historian ⓘ
artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ
relative Eugene Lanceray ⓘ
Yevgeny Lansere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zinaida Serebriakova ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
sibling Albert Benois ⓘ
Leon Benois ⓘ
spouse Anna Karlovna Benois ⓘ
wrote art criticism essays ⓘ
memoirs ⓘ
studies on 18th-century art ⓘ

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Ballets Russes → collaboratedWith → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Rake's Progress → setDesignerAtPremiere → Alexander Benois ⓘ
linked to: Alexandre Benois
Tikhvin Cemetery → notableBurial → Alexander Benois ⓘ
linked to: Alexandre Benois
Benois family → hasNotableMember → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Firebird → setDesignerAtPremiere → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Firebird → costumeDesignerAtPremiere → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Firebird → librettist → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Petrushka → originalDesigner → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Alexandre Benois → name → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Mir iskusstva → foundedBy → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Mir iskusstva → notableMember → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Benois de la Danse prize → namedAfter → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Zinaida Serebriakova → relative → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Ballerina → workDesigner → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Moor (Petrushka) → workLibrettist → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
subject linked to: The Moor
The Moor (Petrushka) → originalProductionDesignerOfWork → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
subject linked to: The Moor
The Last Promenade of Catherine II → creator → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
The Last Promenade of Catherine II → notableWorkOf → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Versailles Series → creator → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
subject linked to: "Versailles Series" paintings
Camilla Albertovna Benois → motherOf → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Camilla Albertovna Benois → relative → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Camilla Albertovna Benois → hasChild → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Alexander Nikolayevich Benois → name → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Anna Karlovna Benois → spouse → Alexandre Benois ⓘ
Anna Karlovna Benois → notable relative → Alexandre Benois ⓘ