Visual art

Léon Bakst

1866–1924Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

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Alexandrinsky Theatre
Designed productions for the Alexandrinsky Theatre, including Euripides’ Hippolytus (1902) and Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus (1904).
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Baka House
He maintained a studio in the house and worked there during the formative years of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions.
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Hermitage Theatre
Early theatre designs for Hermitage Theatre ballets (e.g. Heart of the Marquise, 1902; Fairy of Dolls, 1903).
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Mariinsky Theatre
Designed sets and costumes for Imperial Mariinsky productions, including the 1903 ballet The Fairy Doll (Die Puppenfee).

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