
Alexandre BenoisRusland, 1870–1960Må man se det?
Sankt Petersborg, Rusland
Ejeren er kendt; om værket er udstillet i dag, vides ikke.
1887–1926 · Virkested
Saint Petersburg
1908–1911
Artistic director of the Russian Seasons
Becomes artistic director of Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Seasons, which made Russian ballet famous abroad; under his direction Konstantin Korovin, Nicholas Roerich, Bakst and Alexander Golovin work in the theatre.
19 May 1909
“The Pavilion of Armida” opens the Russian Seasons
The ballet “The Pavilion of Armida” opens the first Russian Seasons in Paris.
1909–1914 · Virkested
Paris
1912 · Virkested
The Hague
1918–1926
Heads the Hermitage picture gallery
Becomes curator of the Hermitage picture gallery — the collection of Old Masters — and serves until 1926 (other accounts say he took charge of the gallery in 1919). Continues working as a book and theatre artist and director, notably on productions of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in Petrograd.