Archives ‘Benoit Alexander’
Artistic illustrations by Alexander Benois are today considered the best depiction of Pushkin’s works. Work on a series of works for the “Bronze Horseman” Benoit began in 1903, and in order to […]
Tsar-father, reformer of Russia Peter Alekseevich Romanov invented fun for his subjects. Or rather, something like a punishment. Not accustomed to local nobles to the promenade. And as he did not at […]
In 1907, Benoit performed a series of works on historical subjects, which included the painting “Parade under Paul I”. This was due to the order of the publisher I. N. Knebel for […]
Many works by Benoit are distinguished by gloom, dullness, anxiety. This distinctive feature of the artist has always distinguished him from both modern and classical artists. His works are imbued with darkness […]
Alexander Benois showed great interest in the art of Russian and European Baroque since childhood. He sought to achieve a synthesis of Western European trends and some elements of traditional Russian folk […]