Bakst, Léon
(1866–1924)
Bakst, Léon (10 May 1866, Grodno; 28 December 1924, Paris), né Lev Rosenberg, was one of the artist founders of The World of Art , a Russian periodical published by Serge Diaghilev in 1899. A friend of the Russian impresario from his early days, Bakst was one of the original artists with the Ballets russes , and he became quite famous shortly after the arrival of this dance company in Paris during the spring of 1909. His exotic sets and costumes were done in the manner of Aubry Beardsley and…