Description: LEON BAKST "World of Art" Mir Isskustva Artist Book 22 illustration Russian 1981 LEON BAKST "World of Art." Mir Isskustva Artist Russian Book 1981.80 pg.22 b/w & color illustrations.Text by S.Golinetz.Russian language.Soft cover.4.75"x6.5".ALMOST NEW CONDITION. Leon Bakst (1866-1924)was born in Grodno (currently Belarus) in a middle-class Jewish family. After graduating from gymnasium, he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts as a noncredit student, working part-time as a book illustrator. At the time of his first exhibition (1889) he took the surname of "Bakst," based on his mother's maiden name. The surname "Rosenberg" was thought to be too Jewish and not good for business. At the beginning of the 1890s he exhibited his works with the Society of Watercolourists. From 1893 to 1897 he lived in Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian while still visiting Saint Petersburg often. After the mid-1890s he became a member of the circle of writers and artists formed by Sergei Diaghilev and Alexandre Benois, which later became the Mir Iskusstva art movement. In 1899, he co-founded with Sergei Diaghilev the influential periodical Mir Iskusstva, meaning "World of Art." His graphics for this publication brought him fame. He continued easel painting as well producing portraits of Filipp Malyavin (1899), Vasily Rozanov (1901), Andrei Bely (1905), Zinaida Gippius (1906). He also worked as an art teacher for the children of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. In 1902, he took a commission from Tsar Nicholas II to paint Meeting of Russian sailors in Paris. In 1898, he showed his works in the Diaghilev-organized First exhibition of Russian and Finnish Artists; in World of Art exhibitions, as well as the Munich Secession, exhibitions of the Union of Russian Artists, etc. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, Bakst worked for the magazines, Zhupel, Adskaja Pochta, and Satyricon, then for an art magazine called Apollon. Beginning in 1909, Bakst worked mostly as a stage-designer, designing sets for Greek tragedies, and, in 1908, he made a name for himself as a scene-painter for Diaghilev with the Ballets Russes. He produced scenery for Cleopatra (1909), Scheherazade (1910), Carnaval (1910), Narcisse (1911), Le Spectre de la Rose (1911), and Daphnis et Chloé (1912)). During this time, he lived in western Europe because, as a Jew, he did not have the right to live permanently outside the Pale of Settlement. During his visits to Saint Petersburg he taught in Zvantseva's school, where one of his students was Marc Chagall (1908-1910). In 1914, Bakst was elected a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1922, he broke his relationship with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. He died in 1924 in Paris. See scans.Shipping worldwide: $8.00 for REGISTERED.Multiple winners can save on shipment - wait please for my invoice.. Unpaid items will relisted after 7 days.Thanks for looking!View my other items! Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are NOT included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are solely the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional fees will be prior to buying. See scans.Shipping worldwide: $8.00 for REGISTERED.Multiple winners can save on shipment - wait please for my invoice. Unpaid items will relisted after 7 days.Thanks for looking!View my other items! inkfrog terapeak
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