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About Léon Bakst
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.
Everything about Léon Bakst →- Occupation
- painter, designer, costume designer, scenographer
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russia, France
- Born
- January 27, 1866, April 27, 1866, May 10, 1866
- Died
- December 27, 1924, December 28, 1924