Add to favorite
 
123
Subscribe to our Newsletters Subscribe to our Newsletters Get Daily Updates RSS


All of Leo Bakst in Saint Petersburg Now
July 30, 2017 20:20


In 2016 the world celebrated the 150th anniversary since the birth of the legendary artist, stage designer and illustrator Leo Bakst. For several months his sketches of costume designs from the collection of the Museum of Theater and Music Art traveled around the world to participate in jubilee exhibitions and have finally returned home now.

The Museum of Theater and Music Art contains a rich collection of works by Leo Bakst - from his early projects for the Imperial Theaters to one of his last works for the Sleeping Beauty staged by Sergei Diaghilev. The exposition includes drawings, costumes, postcards, photographs and porcelain items. For the first time the general public can see the scenography for the ballet-pantomime “The Heart of the Marquis”. After the successful debut in the "Heart of the Marquise," Leo Bakst came to be engaged in other performances of the Imperial Theaters of Petersburg. His work on the ballet Fairy of Dolls turned to be the true triumph for him. The images he created were captured in postcards, which can be seen at the exhibition.


Here you can also see a doll’s costume, the silk for which was hand painted by Leo Bakst himself.  
The exposition also tells about the artist's projects for Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons". In particular, the visitors will see famous sketches for the ballets "Narcissus" and "Sleeping Beauty". The visual series is complemented with the image of Cleopatra for Ida Rubinstein and La Bayadere with a Peacock for Sergei Fokin's ballet Blue God.
Visitors are likely to pay attention to the master’s love for oriental exotics, antique motifs and Western European classics of the 17th -19th centuries. The ideas of brilliant Leo Bakst were reflected in the works by other artists as well. Thus, for example, in 1912 the Meissen Manufactory produced a series of porcelain figurines based on the ballet "Carnival". Today these figures are a real antique rarity.

When?
29 April - 20 August, 2017
Where?
The  Museum of Theater and Music Art at the address 6, Ostrovsky Square next to Gostiny Dvor metro station, Saint Petersburg

 

 




Author: Vera Ivanova

Tags: Museum of Theatre and Music Art Leo Bakst    

Next Previous

You might also find interesting:

E-Book Reader Museum Memorial-Museum "Salute, Victory!" in Orenburg Flacon Design Factory in Moscow Moscow's historic buildings under threat Chess Museum









Comment on our site


RSS   twitter      submit


Ïàðòåð


TAGS:
Moscow  Anna Politkovskaya  Russian oil companies  Black Diggers  Pobeda  Golden Mask Festival  Russian Cinema  Moscow State University  Rosa Khutor  Russian Traditions  Anti-Semitism  Concerts in Saint Petersburg  Festivals in Moscow  Exhibitions in Astrakhan  prostitution  business  Classical Music  Vandalism  Tomsk Special Economic Zone  Valery Gergiev  Russian Museums   Pavel Schilling  Dutch Village in Moscow  Chukotka  summer in Moscow  Self-Isolation  Russian business  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia  Sergey Kolyavkin  Russian courts  Russian science  Kamchatka Territory  Exhibitions in Moscow  Kolomenskoye  plane crash  Protest Movement  Best-selling Books  Russian scientists  Russian regions  Moon   St. Petersburg  protest actions  Rostov Region  Leningrad Zoo  Russian football  Vadim Delaunau  Russian economy  Russian Lakes  Russian tourism  OccupyAbai 


Travel Blogs
Top Traveling Sites