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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
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 "Estrella, design for a costume for the ballet Carnival composed by Robert Schumann, 1919 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "The Sleeping Beauty Wolf, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Vaslav Nijinsky in the Ballet The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Odalisque. Costume design for the ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Almee. Costume design for the ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Jewish Dance. Costume design for the ballet Cléopatre, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for a bacchante in Narcisse by Tcherepnin by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Allegories of Love - Cupid with a Torch and Arrow, 1803 by Leon Bakst"){kind=icon}
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.jpg "Costume design for the Blue Sultan in Scheherazade, c.1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Designs for Pamina and Monostatos in The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) 1922 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Set design for the ballet Scheherazade, c1913 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Faun Nijinsky, costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Décor for Debussys ballet LApres-midi dun faune The Afternoon of a Faun, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Elysium, 1906. by Leon Bakst")
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_fr_-_(MeisterDrucke-113103).jpg "Nijinskys Faun Costume in LApres Midi dun Faune by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) from the front cover of the programme for the 7th season of the Ballets Russes, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Sleeping Beauty, ballet costume design, c1913 by Leon Bakst")
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 1911 (pencil and gouache on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-98302).jpg "Sketch for the ballet La Peri, by Paul Dukas (1865-1935), 1911 (pencil and gouache on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Operatic costume designs, 1911 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 Harlequin, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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 1908 (charcoal on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-102779).jpg "Portrait of Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1908 (charcoal on paper) 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 Prince Charming at Court, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet La Legende de Joseph by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet Carnaval by R. Schumann, 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 LAdoration, 1922 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for a Dancing Girl by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for one of the three odalisques for Scheherazade, 1910 (gouache) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design for The Tsarevitch, from The Firebird by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Paganini in The Enchanted Night by Gabriele dAnnunzio (1863-1938) c.1923 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Peasant woman. Costume design for the Vaudeville Old Moscow at the Théâtre Femina in Paris, 1922 by Leon Bakst")
 - (MeisterDrucke-16703).jpg "The Butterfly (Costume Design for Anna Pavlova) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Title page of Souvenir program for Ballets Russes 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")
.jpg "Costume design for the ballet Carnaval by R. Schumann, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "A costume design for \"Salome\", Herodias by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume for a negro, from Aladdin, 1916 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovskys ballet Sleeping Beauty, early 19th century by Leon Bakst")
 with his Nurse 1906 - (MeisterDrucke-43728).jpg "Portrait of Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872-1929) with his Nurse, 1906 by Leon Bakst")
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_by_Nicholas_(Nikolai)_Rimsky_Korsakov_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-951579).jpg "Costumes for \"Scheherazade\" (Sheherazade). by Nicholas (Nikolai) Rimsky Korsakov (Rimski-Korsakov) (1844-1908), directed by Leo Bakst. by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design for Nijinksy from \"Le Specter de la Rose\", 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Ida Rubinstein - Portrait of the Russian dancer Ida Rubinstein by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Tsarevna, costume design for the Ballets Russes production of Stravinskys The Firebird, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Poster for a charity bazaar for the help of foundlings, 1899. by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Firebird, costume for The Firebird, the ballet by lgor Stravinsky, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
 - (MeisterDrucke-549616).jpg "Eunuch costume from Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov (design) (wc) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Set design for the world premiere of the ballet Daphnis et Chloe music by Maurice Ravel, Parisn by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Set design for Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume Design for Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "character for the opera Carmen, direct by Bizet by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Poster for Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Odalisque. Costume design for the ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Nude study: Ida Rubinstein, 1916. by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Zobeide, the favourite concubine and leader of the harem of Shariar, costume design for Diaghilevs production of the ballet Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
_by_I_Stravinsky_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319248).jpg "Poster design for the ballet The Firebird (L")
 1923 (pencil wc gouache on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-115226).jpg "Set design for Phedre by Jean Racine (1639-99) 1923 (pencil, wc and gouache on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Fancy Dress Costume Design, c. 1914 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for The Queens Guard, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Sleeping Beauty, 1913-1922 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, 1900 by Leon Bakst")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-62029).jpg "Costume design for Salome in Dance of the Seven Veils, 1909 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Narcissus by Les Ballets Russes. (Illustration by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "St. Sebastian, from the Martyr of St. Sebastian, c.1911-22 by Leon Bakst")
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_pour_le_ballet_Cleopatre_des_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323072).jpg "\"Dancer\" Costume designed by Leon Bakst (1866-1924) for the ballet \"Cleopatra\" of the Ballets russes by Leon Bakst")
_pour_le_ballet_Cleopat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323153).jpg "\"Jewish Dancer\" Costume designed by Leon Bakst (1866-1924) for the ballet \"Cleopatra\" of the Ballets russes by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design for the Pageboy of the wicked fairy Carabosse, from Sleeping Beauty, 1918 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Claude Debussy: The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, libretto by D")
 1904 (wc gouache white colour ink on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-91406).jpg "Illustration for The Nose by Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) 1904 (wc, gouache, white colour and ink on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design to the play The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian by Gabriele DAnnuzio, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Florestan, design for a costume for the ballet Carnival composed by Robert Schumann, 1919 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Sleeping Sultans Wife, 1916 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Stage design for the ballet Sheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Luncheon by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for The Wolf, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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_Vasilievich_Rozanov_(185_-_(MeisterDrucke-1042303).jpg "portrait of the writer and philosopher Vasily (Vassili) Vasilievich Rozanov (1856-1919) by Leon Bakst")
_fr_the_character_of_the_sulta_-_(MeisterDrucke-996137).jpg "Costume of Vaslav Nijinsky or Nijinski (1889-1950) fr the character of the sultane in the ballet \"Sheherazade\" 1910 (watercolour on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Fantasy On The Modern Costume, Dione, c1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for Columbine, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Eunuch costume design for the ballet Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Stage design for the ballet Narcisse by N. Tcherepnin, 1911 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for The Russian Buffoon, from Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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 1908 (charcoal on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-69061).jpg "Portrait of Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), 1908 (charcoal on paper) by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Nymph. Costume design for the ballet The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design for `Le Pelerin : Blue God, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Portrait of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia 1882-1957 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "The Fairy Mountain-Ash, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for the Ballet La Legende de Joseph, 1914 (charcoal and gouache on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume for a female courtier and dancer, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume design for the ballet The Butterflies, 1912. by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Stage design for the ballet Hélène de Sparta by E. Verhaeren and D. de Séverac, 1912 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume for a page, in the style of Ludwig XIV, from Aladdin by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Costume of a Guest for the ballet Legend of Joseph, c.1914 (gouache and pencil on paper) by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Shariar, King of the Indies and China, costume design for Diaghilevs production of Scheherazade, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
.jpg "Costume design for Porphyrophores, from Sleeping Beauty by Leon Bakst")
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.jpg "Modern Costume, 1910 by Leon Bakst")
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