Person
Léon Bakst
Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Belarusian origi
Léon Bakst (Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, (January 27 (February 8) 1866 – December 28, 1924) is a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Belarusian origin.
He is a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designs exotic, richly colored sets and costumes.
He designs the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.