Léon Bakst Gallery
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Bakst was a Russian painter and scene- and costume- designer. Born Lev Rosenberg in St. Petersburg, he studied at Moscow and Paris academies. Bakst designed settings for Greek tragedies, and in 1908 made a name as a scene-painter for Diaghilev with the Ballets Russes. Bakst had a great influence on art and fashion in the early 20th century, especially on scene-designing, of which he was one of the first modern masters.
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| name | artsandculture |
| subject | 150th anniversary |
| message | 2016 marked the 150th anniversary since the birth of Leon Bakst
His talent was boundless. He rose to the very top in every field of art he touched upon – be it stage design, graphics, or painting. He was the first Russian artist to win international acclaim in the sphere of fashion. It was another field in which the artist’s versatile talent manifested itself. Bakst is the author of numerous inventions and insights in fashion. He created apparel and fabric designs, wrote several meaningful works on history and theory of art, as well as popular articles, and gave a lot of interviews https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-collector-of-success-leo n-bakst-the-state-tretyakov-gallery/KgICSXEITyGILA?hl=en |
| date | Monday July 6, 2020 |
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