Léon Bakst

On May 7, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, may 10, Russian

Léon Bakst, Russian painter and stage designer, May 10, 1866-December 28, 1924

Self Portrait, 1893

Oil on canvas

Imaginary Portrait of Uriel da Costa, 1893

Carnival in Paris in Honour of the Russian Navy, 20th century

Set Design for the 1909 Ballets Russes Production of Cleopatra

Original Costume Design for "The Firebird," 1910

Watercolor on paper, 9.8 x 7 in //

Private Collection

Costume Design for "The Blue God" (Nijinsky), 1911

Vaslav Nijinsky, Poster for the Ballet "Afternoon of a Faun," 1912

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Set design for Act I from Daphnis and Chloe, 1912

Watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 10.6 in //

Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library

The Port of Famagusta, set design for "The Pisanella, or La Morte Parfumée," 1913

Watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 9.4 by 15.4 in //

Private collection

The Princess and the Court Fall Asleep for a Hundred Years, Illustration from "The Sleeping Beauty," 1913

National Trust, Waddesdon Manor, UK

Set Design for "Scheherazade," by Rimsky-Korsakov, before 1917

Design for Scene 4 of "The Sleeping Beauty," 1921

Pencil and watercolor, 18.9 x 26.3 in //

Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Lugano, Switzerland

Daniel Lieberman's Imaginary Museum