Alexandre BenoisRussian, 1870–1960Петрушка
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Петрушка” now? Collection: State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- Р-9392
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
In the life of Alexandre Benois
The whole life1887–1926 · Workplace
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 · Workplace
Paris
1912 · Workplace
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.
