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Léon Bakst · 1906
Léon Bakst: 1866–1924
Other names (19)
Leon Bakst, Léon Nicolaevitch Bakst, Léon Nikolaevich Bakst, Leon Nikolaievich Bakst, Léon Nikolaïevitch Bakst, Leon Nikolajewitsch Bakst, Lev Rosenberg, Lev Samoïlevitch Rosenberg, Lev Samoĭlovich Bakst, Lev Samoïlovich Rosenberg, Lev Samoĭlovich Rozenberg, Lev Samojlovitsj Bakst, Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg, Lev Schmule Rozenberg, Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, Leyb-Khaim Samoylovich Rosenberg, Ljev Samojlovich Rosemberg, Rozenberg Lev Samoilovich Bakst, Лев Бакст
Biography
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst (Russian: Леон (Лев) Самойлович Бакст), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1866 – 27 December 1924), was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.
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Influenced by
- Jean-Léon Gérômeeditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
Later influence
- Marc Chagalleditorial inference
Evidence
Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Marc Chagalleditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Léon Bakst. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- State Russian Museum41 recorded works
- Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR)16 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago11 recorded works
- Waddesdon Manor6 recorded works
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum2 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
Sources 10
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Country research — museum-connected artworks and verified painter affiliations
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Russian Museum — selected Russian painter catalogue facts
- Russian Museum — selected Russian painter catalogue facts
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
