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Bakst
[ bahkst ]
noun
- Lé·on Ni·ko·la·e·vich [lyi-, awn, nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1866–1924, Russian painter and designer.
Bakst
/ bakst /
noun
- BakstLeon Nikolayevich18661924MRussianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterTHEATRE: stage designer Leon Nikolayevich (lɪˈɔn nikaˈlajɪvitʃ). 1866–1924, Russian painter and stage designer, noted particularly for his richly coloured sets for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe (1909–21)
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Bakst, the Russian artist, is a name all have come to know because of the bizarre effects he creates for the stage.
Let them be designed as uniquely in their dresses as are the Russian dancers' dresses, by Léon Bakst.
Go in for a gay riot of colour, such combinations as are known as Bakst colouring,—if that happens to be your fancy.
Bakst's palace was built for dreadful deeds; no one, I am sure, could ever feel safe in it.
To be frank, we do not believe that Prof. Reinhardt or M. Bakst has more to say than the creators of our best musical ballets.
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