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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableBorn Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg into a middle-class Jewish family in Russia, he later adopted a pseudonym derived from his grandmother's surname, Baxter. Leon Bakst was educated in St. Petersburg, where he attended the gymnasium and the Academy of Arts. He began his professional life as a copyist and illustrator of educational materials, but quickly switched to portrait painting and illustrated popular magazines. But these jobs didn't pay much and he took a job teaching art to the children of Grand Duke Vladimir. He studied in Paris with a number of well-known artists and with a Finnish landscape painter. One day he came into contact with Aleksandr Benua and his circle, an encounter that would shape Leon Bakst's taste and expand his artistic vision. Together with Benua and Sergey Diagilev, he founded the influential group World of Art and was largely responsible for the technical excellence of their influential magazine. The very first issue of World of Art stunned its readers, who had never seen anything like it in Russia. The magazine itself was a work of art. Its emblem was a lone eagle on a mountain. Leon Bakst designed it and said the emblem represented art itself. A dedicated professional who could absorb stylistic developments even in mid-career, Bakst was arguably the most accomplished painter and designer in the World of Art group. His early preferences were for realistic painters and old masters such as Rembrandt and Velazquez. The moving line and relaxed postures in his portraits also suggest the influence of his close friend Valentin Serov. Later he turned to portraiture and painted, among others, the artist Filipp Malyavin, the philosopher Vasily Rozanov, the poet Andrei Bely and the poetess Zinaida Gippius. Through Benois and his circle, Leon Bakst was attracted to the Oriental style. Motifs from ancient Greece and Egypt became signatures of his painting and theoretical work. The Benua circle also introduced him to symbolism and Art Nouveau. Bakst influenced and developed Art Nouveau by bringing in a curvy line as well as bright colors, oriental prints and flowing draperies.
The portrait of the dancer Isadora Duncan in brush and ink is typical of his drawing art in its sensual and flowing movement. Bakst also practiced mainly book design, interior decoration, held exhibitions and focused on theater. He made his theatrical debut with designs for stage productions at the theaters of St. Petersburg. Subsequently, he was commissioned to stage several works in theaters. Leon Bakst also collaborated in the staging of the Ballets Russes. Here he acted as artistic director and his stage designs quickly brought him international fame. Leon Bakst worked on more theater productions than any other artist and thus his name became permanently associated with the Ballets Russes. The designs for the ballet caused a great stir in the scene. Leon Bakst was particularly influenced by exotic and oriental fantasies. The sensual use of color led to new fashions in clothing and interiors, and soon fashionable ladies in oriental-inspired clothing were seen sitting on huge floor cushions in rooms with curtains. In addition, his designs for Greek ballets were an inspiration in their use of hot tones and geometric patterns. In addition, he also created beautiful dresses, such as his Victorian designs or the designs for different productions. Leon Bakst's designs emerged from the style and choreography of a particular ballet. He integrated vertical space with sensual movement on stage. His chic costumes encouraged smooth movement without constricting the body. The sets enclosed the action, but still left maximum space for dancing. Leon Bakst's exotic and sensual designs are sought after, but the success was in how they were presented on stage
Born Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg into a middle-class Jewish family in Russia, he later adopted a pseudonym derived from his grandmother's surname, Baxter. Leon Bakst was educated in St. Petersburg, where he attended the gymnasium and the Academy of Arts. He began his professional life as a copyist and illustrator of educational materials, but quickly switched to portrait painting and illustrated popular magazines. But these jobs didn't pay much and he took a job teaching art to the children of Grand Duke Vladimir. He studied in Paris with a number of well-known artists and with a Finnish landscape painter. One day he came into contact with Aleksandr Benua and his circle, an encounter that would shape Leon Bakst's taste and expand his artistic vision. Together with Benua and Sergey Diagilev, he founded the influential group World of Art and was largely responsible for the technical excellence of their influential magazine. The very first issue of World of Art stunned its readers, who had never seen anything like it in Russia. The magazine itself was a work of art. Its emblem was a lone eagle on a mountain. Leon Bakst designed it and said the emblem represented art itself. A dedicated professional who could absorb stylistic developments even in mid-career, Bakst was arguably the most accomplished painter and designer in the World of Art group. His early preferences were for realistic painters and old masters such as Rembrandt and Velazquez. The moving line and relaxed postures in his portraits also suggest the influence of his close friend Valentin Serov. Later he turned to portraiture and painted, among others, the artist Filipp Malyavin, the philosopher Vasily Rozanov, the poet Andrei Bely and the poetess Zinaida Gippius. Through Benois and his circle, Leon Bakst was attracted to the Oriental style. Motifs from ancient Greece and Egypt became signatures of his painting and theoretical work. The Benua circle also introduced him to symbolism and Art Nouveau. Bakst influenced and developed Art Nouveau by bringing in a curvy line as well as bright colors, oriental prints and flowing draperies.
The portrait of the dancer Isadora Duncan in brush and ink is typical of his drawing art in its sensual and flowing movement. Bakst also practiced mainly book design, interior decoration, held exhibitions and focused on theater. He made his theatrical debut with designs for stage productions at the theaters of St. Petersburg. Subsequently, he was commissioned to stage several works in theaters. Leon Bakst also collaborated in the staging of the Ballets Russes. Here he acted as artistic director and his stage designs quickly brought him international fame. Leon Bakst worked on more theater productions than any other artist and thus his name became permanently associated with the Ballets Russes. The designs for the ballet caused a great stir in the scene. Leon Bakst was particularly influenced by exotic and oriental fantasies. The sensual use of color led to new fashions in clothing and interiors, and soon fashionable ladies in oriental-inspired clothing were seen sitting on huge floor cushions in rooms with curtains. In addition, his designs for Greek ballets were an inspiration in their use of hot tones and geometric patterns. In addition, he also created beautiful dresses, such as his Victorian designs or the designs for different productions. Leon Bakst's designs emerged from the style and choreography of a particular ballet. He integrated vertical space with sensual movement on stage. His chic costumes encouraged smooth movement without constricting the body. The sets enclosed the action, but still left maximum space for dancing. Leon Bakst's exotic and sensual designs are sought after, but the success was in how they were presented on stage
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.jpg "A Costume Design for \"Salome\": Herodiade by Leon Bakst")
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_by_I_Stravinsky_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319248).jpg "Poster Design for the Ballet The Firebird by I. Stravinsky by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Jewish Dance. Costume Design for the Ballet Cléopatre, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Vaslav Nijinsky in the Ballet The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Odalisque. Costume Design for the Ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Almee. Costume Design for the Ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Faun Nijinsky, costume design for the Ballets Russes by Leon Bakst")
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 1911 (pencil and gouache on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-98302).jpg "Sketch for the ballet La Peri, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Elysium, 1906 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Set design for the ballet Scheherazade, c1913 by Leon Bakst")
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 1908 (charcoal on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-102779).jpg "Portrait of Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1908 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Operatic Costume Designs, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Sleeping Beauty, Ballet Costume Design, c1913 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Dioné, drawing by Bakst made by Jeanne Paquin. Costumes Parisiens no.73 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Harlequin, from Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for the Ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for Nijinsky in the Ballet")
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.jpg "Maria Kuznetsova, Costume Design for")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet Carnaval by R. Schumann by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Prince Charming at Court, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for The Tsarevitch, from The Firebird by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for a Dancing Girl by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Title Page of Souvenir Program for Ballets Russes by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Peasant Woman. Costume Design for the Vaudeville Old Moscow at the Théâtre Femina in Paris by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Englishman. Costume Design for the Ballet The Magic Toy Shop by G. Rossini, 1919 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Ephebe, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for the Ballet Carnaval by R. Schumann by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "A Study for a figure of a dancer for Scheherazade by Leon Bakst")
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_by_Nicholas_(Nikolai)_Rimsky_Korsakov_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-951579).jpg "Costumes for Scheherazade by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, directed by Leo Bakst by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovsky")
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.jpg "The Firebird, Costume for The Firebird, the Ballet by Igor Stravinsky by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Nude Study: Ida Rubinstein, 1916 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Russian Dancer Ida Rubinstein by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Poster for a charity bazaar for the help of foundlings by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Poster for Igor Stravinsky")
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.jpg "The Tsarevna, Costume Design for the Ballets Russes Production of Stravinsky")
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.jpg "The Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Zobeide, the favourite concubine and leader of the harem of Shariar, costume design for Diaghilev")
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.jpg "Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Set Design for the World Premiere of the Ballet Daphnis et Chloe, Music by Maurice Ravel, Paris by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Odalisque. Costume Design for the Ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Leon Bakst")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1042426).jpg "Coppelius & Coppelia after the ballet Coppelia by Leo Delibes (1836-1891) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Carnival in Paris in Honour of the Russian Navy, 5th October 1893 by Leon Bakst")
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_fr_the_character_of_the_sulta_-_(MeisterDrucke-996137).jpg "Costume of Vaslav Nijinsky for the Character of the Sultane in the Ballet Sheherazade, 1910 (watercolour on paper) by Leon Bakst")
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_pour_le_ballet_Cleopat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323153).jpg "Ballets Russes: Jewish Dancer Costume for the Ballet")
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.jpg "Costume Design for the Ballet Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for the Pageboy of the Wicked Fairy Carabosse, from Sleeping Beauty, 1918 by Leon Bakst")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1042028).jpg "Les Champs Elysees (Elysium) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Firebird, Costume Design for Stravinsky")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet Les Papillons, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Dance of the Seven Veils by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Oedipus at Colonnus- Antigone, c. 1899 to 1909 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Narcissus by Les Ballets Russes (Illustration) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Character for the Opera Carmen, Directed by Bizet by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Eunuch costume design for the ballet Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Columbine, from Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Fantaisie Sur Le Costume Moderne, Dione by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Setting for Scheherazade by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for The Queen")
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.jpg "Claude Debussy: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Libretto by D")
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.jpg "Fancy Dress Costume Design, c. 1914 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Portrait of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for The Wolf, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Sleeping Sultan")
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_Vasilievich_Rozanov_(185_-_(MeisterDrucke-1042303).jpg "Portrait of the Writer and Philosopher Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (1856-1919) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Moderne by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Nymph. Costume Design for the Ballet The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Luncheon by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "St. Sebastian, from the Martyr of St. Sebastian by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Phaedra. Costume design for the drama Phaedra Phèdre by Jean Racine by Leon Bakst")
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_pour_le_ballet_Cleopatre_des_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323072).jpg "Dancer Costume designed by Leon Bakst for the ballet Cleopatra by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Fairy Mountain-Ash, from Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Stage Design for the Ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Leon Bakst")
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