Léon_Bakst

Léon Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (Samoylovich) Rosenberg (Russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенберг; 27 January (8 February) 1866 – 28 December 1924) was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.