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Nicola Alexandrovich Benois (2 May 1901 – 31 March 1988 [1]) was a stage designer, known for his work as principal scenographer and costume designer at La Scala in Milan. Education and early career. Nicola was the son of Alexandre Benois, an influential artist, critic, historian and stage designer.
Nicholas' son Alexander Nikolayevich Benois (1870–1960), painter, theatrical designer, art. Alexander's dtr. Yelena Alexandrovna Benois-Clément (1898–1972) was a talented painter whose first husband was composer Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979).
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Alexandre was born into the artistic and intellectual Benois family, prominent members of the 19th- and early 20th-century Russian intelligentsia. His mother Camilla (Russian: Камилла Альбертовна Кавос, and then Бенуа) was the granddaughter of Catterino Cavos. His father was Nicholas Benois, a Russian architect. His brothers included Albert, a pain...
Three years later while in Versailles, Benois painted a series of watercolors depicting Last Promenades of Louis XIV. When exhibited by Pavel Tretyakov in 1897, they brought him to attention of Sergei Diaghilev and the artist Léon Bakst. Together the three men founded the art magazine and movement Mir iskusstva (World of Art), which promoted the Ae...
In 1894, Alexandre married Anna Karlovna Kind[ru] from a renowned Russian musical family. They first met in 1876 when Alexandre was learning music from the family patriarch, Karl Ivanovich Kind (who first came to Russia in the late 1840s, becoming a first violinist in the orchestra of the Saint Petersburg opera). Alexandre played a central role in ...
Set design for Le Pavillon d'Armide, Ballets Russes, 1909Promenade of Empress Elizabeth through the Noble Streets of Saint Petersburg, 1903Peter the Great Meditating the Idea of Building Saint Petersburg at the Shore of the Baltic SeaMilitary Parade of Emperor Paul in front of Mikhaylovsky Castle, 1907Katerina Clark, Petersburg: Crucible of the Cultural Revolution(Cambridge, MA, 1995).John E. Bowlt, The Silver Age: Russian Art of the Early Twentieth Century and the 'World of Art' Group(Newtonville, MA, 1982).Janet Kennedy, The Mir Iskusstva Group and Russian Art, 1898-1912(New York, 1978).Sergei Makovskii, Stranitsy khudozhestvennoi kritiki – Kniga vtoraia: Sovremennye Russkie khudozhniki(Saint Petersburg, 1909).Works by or about Alexandre Benois at Internet ArchiveW.H. Crain Costume and Scene Design Collection at the Harry Ransom CenterNicola Alexandrivoch Benois was born in 1901, in St Petersburg, Russia. His father, named Alexandre Benois , was a lawyer and the artist for the Imperial Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersburg. The family lived in their grand mansion near the Opera House, which was built by grandfather Nikolai Benois.
- May 2, 1901
- March 31, 1988
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Nicola Alexandrovich Benois, pseudonimo di Nikolaj Aleksandrovič Benua (Oranienbaum, 2 maggio 1901 – Codroipo, 30 marzo 1988), è stato uno scenografo, pittore e disegnatore russo naturalizzato italiano, conosciuto per il suo lavoro come scenografo principale del Teatro alla Scala di Milano.
Nicola Alexandrovich Benois was a stage designer, known for his work as principal scenographer and costume designer at La Scala in Milan.
Nicola Alexandrovich Benois (2 May 1901 – 31 March 1988) was a stage designer, known for his work as principal scenographer and costume designer at La Scala in Milan.
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