Alexander Benois's father was Nicholas Benois, a noted Russian architect.
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Alexander Benois's father was Nicholas Benois, a noted Russian architect.
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Alexander Benois's brothers included Albert, a painter, and Leon, a notable architect.
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Three years later while in Versailles, Alexander Benois painted a series of watercolors depicting Last Promenades of Louis XIV.
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Alexander Benois wrote and published several monographs on 19th-century Russian art and Tsarskoye Selo.
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In 1903, Alexander Benois printed his illustrations to Pushkin's poem The Bronze Horseman, a work since recognized as one of the landmarks in the genre.
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In 1901, Alexander Benois was appointed scenic director of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the performance space for the Imperial Russian Ballet.
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Alexander Benois moved to Paris in 1905 and thereafter devoted most of his time to stage design and decor.
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Alexander Benois worked primarily as a set designer after settling in France.
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Alexander Benois's presence was positively remembered in the artistic circles with several mentions by artist like Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.
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Alexander Benois was a model painted by Leon Bakst, Valentin Serov, Zinaida Serebriakova, and others.
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