Alexandre BenoisRussian, 1870–1960Шут
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Шут” 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-9330
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
1905–1907 · Workplace
Paris
1905–1907
Second trip to France
During his second trip to France he prepares the publications “The Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III” and “The Russian School of Painting”, works with the magazine Golden Fleece, prints his “Parisian Notes” in the newspaper Slovo and takes part in exhibitions in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Paris and Berlin. Other accounts say he moved to Paris in 1905 and from then on devoted himself chiefly to stage design.
1906
The “Russian Art Exhibition” in Paris
Following the Tauride exhibition of 1905, he organizes the “Russian Art Exhibition” in Paris together with Diaghilev and Bakst — an undertaking from which the theatrical Russian Seasons abroad will grow.
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.
