Léon Bakst
Russian painter and scene designer
Léon 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1866, Grodno, Belarus
Died: December 27, 1924 (age 58 years), Rueil-Malmaison, France
Movement: Modernist, Orientalist themes
Children: André Bakst
Parents: Samuil Rozenberg and Basya Rozenberg
Spouse: Lyubov Pavlovna Gritsenko (m. 1903–1907)
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