Léon Bakst: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg
Born	May 10, 1866 • Russia
Died	December 27, 1924 (aged 58) • Paris • France

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Bakst, Léon: project design for Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Léon Bakst's set design for the 1909 Ballets Russes production of Cléopâtre.

Bakst, Léon: set design for Daphnis et Chloé

Léon Bakst's stage design for Ida Rubinstein's production of “Salomé” (1912).

Bakst, Léon: the Wolf from Sleeping Beauty

Vaslav Nijinsky as the faun, in costume with horns and spotted leggings, dances with six women in flowing dresses on a stage with elaborate painted scenery at the Theatre du Chatelet.

Leon Bakst: costume design for Ballets Russes

Mily Balakirev, portrait by Léon Bakst, c. 1900–10.

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