Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960

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Name (Latin)
Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960
Name (Cyrilic)
Бенуа, Александр, 1870-1960
Other forms of name
Benua, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1870-1960
Benua, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1870-1960
Benois, Aleksandr, 1870-1960
Benois, Alessandro, 1870-1960
Benois, Aleksandre, 1870-1960
Бенуа, Александр Николаевич, 1870-1960
Бенуа, А. Н. (Александр Николаевич), 1870-1960
Date of birth
1870-05-04
Date of death
1960-02-09
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Place of death
Paris (France)
Occupation
Artists Art critics Historians
Associated Language
rus
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 17218920
Wikidata: Q319861
Library of congress: n 80159917
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, 1 February 2018(Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva, an art movement and magazine; 3 May 1870, Saint Petersburg-9February 1960, Paris)
  • His Les Trésors d'art en Russie, 1901-03.
  • Ėtkind, M. A.N. Benua i russkai︠a︡ khudozh. kulʹtura kont︠s︡a XIX--nach. XX veka, 1989.
  • I Benois del Teatro alla Scala, c1988:p. 8 (Aleksandr Benois) captions (Alessandro Benois)
  • LCN: Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960
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Wikipedia description:

Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (Russian: Александр Николаевич Бенуа, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua; 3 May [O.S. 21 April] 1870 – 9 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist and founding member of Mir iskusstva ("World of Art"), an art movement and magazine. As a designer for the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev, Benois exerted what is considered a seminal influence on the modern ballet and stage design.

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