The ARTIST Benois, ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH (1870-1960)

Biography Benoit

Benois, Alexander Nikolayevich (1870-1960.) – the great Russian painter, a historian of world art. In his works, benoît very accurately conveyed the style and mood of the past centuries. A native of Russia, since 1926, the artist moved to France and living and dying. Alexander always had a certain love for the old days, he drew inspiration for his paintings from the relative antiquity, an example of this can be a picture: the Last walks of Louis XIV. Besides, Benoit is the Director of the theatre (the Queen of spades, Armida"s Pavilion, Parsley) and an Illustrator for various publications.

As a historian of world and Russian art, Benoit debuted with the release of the book: History of painting XIX century. Then there were other books (the History of Russian painting, Russian school of painting, etc.).

In 1896 Alexander, along with the friends went to Paris, who falls in love entirely. Here he also, without changing the traditions, paints pictures of the past. His work in Russia and France @- this is the view of modern man to what was done for hundreds of years before. My opinion friendship between ages and countries associated with his paintings. Benoit was much criticized, as he called them “scribblers”, but he did not change his position and that has earned universal appreciation of his innocence and his art.

As mentioned earlier, the life of the artist Alexander Benois was cut short in Paris. Despite the fact that the last years of his life he spent in France, the confessions of the artist, the memory of the Fatherland, where he took an active part in many artistic events in one way or another, related to art, remained with him until the end of his life was most precious memories.

Alexander Benois painting

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