Alexandre BenoisRussian, 1870–1960Crimean landscape
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London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- P.61-1922
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Meanwhile, in the life of Alexandre Benois
The whole life1887–1926 · Workplace
Saint Petersburg
1908–1917
“Art Letters” in the newspaper Rech
From 1908 until the revolution he publishes his “Art Letters” in the newspaper Rech. One of the most significant art critics of the early twentieth century, he brought into circulation the terms “avant-garde”, “Russian Cézannism” and “Russian neoclassicism”.
1909–1914 · Workplace
Paris
1917
Protecting monuments after the February Revolution
After the February Revolution he takes an active part in the work of organizations concerned with protecting monuments of art and antiquity.
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.
