Léon Bakst

Léon Samoilovitch Bakst (10 May 1866 – 27 December 1924) was a Russian painter. He designed the sets and costumes for some of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions. These were Cleopatra (1909), Scheherazade (1910), Carnaval (1910), Narcisse (1911), Le Spectre de la Rose (1911), and Daphnis et Chloé (1912). Bakst died in 1924 in Paris. In late 2010, the Victoria and Albert Museum presented an exhibition of Bakst's costumes and prints.Victoria and Albert Museum  retrieved December 16, 2009

 Ballets Russes costume designs 

 Notes 

 Sources 
 Marc Chagall, My Life, St.-Petersburg, Azbuka, 2000, 

 Other websites 

 Leon Bakst (official website) 
 Working for Diaghilev
 BAKST at www.rollins.edu
 Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews  at wwar.com
 Works by Leon Bakst at the Russian Art Gallery
 youtube
 Art Signature Dictionary - See Léon Bakst's signature, although the police seizure of counterfeit
 Baskt theatre and performance collection  at the Victoria and Albert Museum
 Evergreen collections that include original stage sets, costume designs, and other related works. 

Category:1866 births
Category:1924 deaths
Category:Russian artists
Category:Russian painters
Category:Scenic designers