Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (May 4, 1870, St. Petersburg-February 9, 1960, Paris), was a prominent member of the St. Petersburg artistic intellectual Benois family, an influential art critic, artist, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva. His influence on the modern ballet and stage design is considered seminal. Alexandre's father Nicholas Benois and brother Leon Benois were noted Russian architects. Wikipedia
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Alexandr Nikolaevich Benois was born May 4, 1870 in St. Petersburg, Russia into the family of Italian, Russian and French ancestry. His father, named Nikolai Leontievich Benois was the famous architect of the Imperial Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersbu www.imdb.com/name/nm0072216/
