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Rayonism + Designs for the Ballets Russes | The Work of Mikhail Larionov
Avant-garde Russian painter Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was born at Tiraspol, near Odessa, in the Russian Empire on June 3, 1881. In 1898, Larionov entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Isaac Levitan and Valentin Serov. However, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballets Russes, Near-abstract Art, Rayonism, Russian art
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Did Benois’ Part Create a Surge in Diaghilev’s Balletic Art?
The above portraiture is of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) illustrated by Alexandre Benois over a proscenium arch from which the showman from Petruschka draws the curtains to reveal a scene from Le Pavillion d’Armide, with Petruschka hiding in the corner. Russian … Continue reading