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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.
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Let them be designed as uniquely in their dresses as are the Russian dancers' dresses, by Léon Bakst.
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Go in for a gay riot of colour, such combinations as are known as Bakst colouring,—if that happens to be your fancy.
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Bakst's palace was built for dreadful deeds; no one, I am sure, could ever feel safe in it.
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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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