Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst | |
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Self-Portrait, 1893, oil on cardboard, 34 × 21 cm; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg | |
| Born | Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg 27 January 1866 Grodno, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 27 December 1924 (aged 58) Rueil-Malmaison, France |
| Education | St. Petersburg Academy of Arts |
| Movement | Modernist, Orientalist themes |
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst (Russian: Леон (Лев) Самойлович Бакст), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (Russian: Лейб-Хаим Израилевич Розенберг; 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.