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Rostislav Doboujinsky
Rostislav Doboujinsky (3 April 1903 – 23 June 2000) was a Russian designer of costumes, masks, sets and interiors, and a painter and illustrator. He belonged to the second generation of Russian artists who developed the tradition of the 'Ballets Russes' in Western Europe. He was noted for his work on Louis Jouvet's ''Ondine (play), Ondine'' by Jean Giraudoux in the 1930s and Max Ophul's film ''Le Plaisir'' in 1951, for the mouse masks and costumes he created for Rudolf Nureyev's ''List of productions of The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker'' (1967), the costumes for ''The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), The Sleeping Beauty'' ballet at London's Covent Garden (1968) and the animal masks for ''The Tales of Beatrix Potter'' (1971). He achieved international success with his masks for Alfredo Arias (theatre producer), Alfredo Arias's adaption of Balzac's ''Peines de Coeur d'une Chatte Anglaise'' (1977). Biography Early life Rostislav Mstislavovitch Doboujinsky was born on 3 April 1903 in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |