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Leon Bakst inspired life draw this week!

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2020-09-20

Otra imagen del diseño, por Léon Bakst.

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2020-08-23

In 1913, Léon Bakst created a set of paintings for James and Dorothy de Rothschild. Depicting the tale of Sleeping Beauty, characters were modelled on their family, friends and even pets! Can you spot Dorothy's dog Muffin in this panel showing the Princess awaking?

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2020-08-14

Suggestions for return to travel in
THE FIREBIRD by Igor STRAVINSKY of 1910, original choreography by M. Fokine, scenes by A.Golovin, costumes by L. BAKST and one of the first productions of RUSSIAN BALLET - VIDEO: https://t.co/UD7LvFqCev
Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

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2020-07-19

“Sleeping Beauty”
Ballet Costume Designs (1921) by Leon Bakst (1866-1924), Russian painter, scene & costume designer for the Ballets Russes.

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2020-07-01

Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (1885-1978)
➡️Tamara Karsavina vers 1912
➡️Costume pour Tamara Karsavina par Léon Bakst.
L’Oiseau de feu: ballet d’après un conte russe. Musique d'Igor Stravinsky en 1910. Créé à l’Opéra de Paris. Chorégraphie de Michel Fokine.

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2020-05-26

Léon Bakst, born in 1866, is best known for his colourful costume and set designs for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

‘The Sleeping Beauty: The Princess and the Court Fall Asleep for a Hundred Years’ by Léon Bakst (1866–1924) 📸

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2020-05-10

The original ballet adaptation of 'Scheherazade' premiered in 1910 by the Ballets Russes. The Ballet Russes' 'Scheherazade' is known for its costumes, opulent scenery,and erotic choreography and narrative which was rarely seen in ballets of the time
🎨Léon Bakst

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2020-04-28

Chagall managed to work his way around the insidious anti-semitism of Russia & succeeded in the city. From 1908-10 he studied under the great Léon Bakst. In 1910 he met Bella, his love & future wife. He followed Bakst to Paris (1910)

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2020-04-11

The Sleeping Beauty: The Princess and the Court Fall Asleep for a Hundred Years

In 1890 Bakst saw the dress rehearsal of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty & said this experience determined his career. This series was commissioned by James de Rothschild in 1913

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2020-03-10

is by Elena Polenova for The Firebird, in fact for an art collective journal rather than a book - The World of Art (1900), famous for contributions from Bakst & Bilibin. Polenova also illustrated many books & decorated furniture. Gorgeous Art Nouveau!

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2019-10-24

This too - set design for Helene de Sparte, from Lion Gate to topless towers

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2019-09-10

In the paintings used Dorothy's pet dog Muffin as a model.

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2019-05-19

I keep meaning to do a , but never seem to have time. I was determined to have a go with my interpretation of Lev Bakst by Amedeo Modigliani 1917! . Pen drawing, coloured on Affinity Photo

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2019-05-01