Prince Nikita Dmitrievich Lobanov-Rostovsky () (born 6 January 1935), known as Nikita Lobanov, is a Russian and American geologist, banker, and notable art collector of Russian stage design of the period of 1880–1930 (in particular designs for ''

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Biography

Lobanov was born on 6 January 1935 in

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, to Russian émigré parents, Prince Dmitry Ivanovich

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(1907-1948) and his wife, Irina Vasilievna Vyrubova (1911-1957), both members an old

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. He is a collector of costume and stage designs by Russian artists (1890–1930s), including

Sergei Diaghilev Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ( ; rus, Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪdʑ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf; 19 August 1929), also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario an ...

. He has organised numerous exhibitions, including one at the

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(1967). He has written several works (''Russian Painters and the Stage'' (1969), ''Trade Financing'' (1980) and ''Banking'' (1982), etc.). In 1987 he donated 80 works of art to the Museum of Personal Collections of the

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(Moscow), including

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's famous series of Theatrical Decorations (1930). His collection included 1100 works of art. In 2008 he sold it to the Russian Government.Знаменитую коллекцию Лобановых-Ростовских приобрел Фонд «Константиновский»
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, a Regent of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, a member of the Board of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Foundation of Bulgaria, Deputy Chairman of the International Council of Russian Compatriots in Moscow, Chairman of the Russian-speaking Community in the UK, and a member of the jury of the international ballet competition "Tansolymp" in Berlin. file:Leon Bakst 002.jpg,

Léon Bakst Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst (), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg (; – 27 December 1924),

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, Costume of ''Cleopatra'' for

Ida Rubinstein Ida Lvovna Rubinstein (; – 20 September 1960) was a dancer, actress, art patron and Belle Époque figure from the Russian Empire. She performed with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1911 and later formed her own company. ''Bolero (Rave ...

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Alexandre Benois Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (; Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. ''Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum''. pp. 15, 23-24. Published by Ashmolean Museum, 19899 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, ...

,'' Petrouchka'' File:Ivan Bilibin 173.jpg,

Ivan Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (, ; – 7 February 1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the '' Mir iskusstva'' ("World of Art"), contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists, and from 1937 ...

, ''Tale of the Lost City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia''

Education

Lobanov-Rostovsky studied

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as an undergraduate at the

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; he was a member of Christ Church. He also studied

economic geology Economic geology is concerned with earth materials that can be used for economic and industrial purposes. These materials include precious and base metals, nonmetallic minerals and dimension stone, construction-grade stone. Economic geology is a ...

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and

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Philanthropy

Lobanov-Rostovsky has endowed the Lobanov-Rostovsky Professorship in Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, his alma mater, along with the annua
Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology
Scientists who have contributed extensively to the study of the Universe through the lenses of geology have been speakers, including the prominent Bernard Wood, speaker of the 2022 Lecture.

Literature

* John E. Bowlt. N. D. Lobanov-Rostovsky. ''Katalog-rezone Khudozhniki Russkogo Teatra / Catalogue-raisonné: Painters of Russian Theatre, 1880–1930. Collection of Nikita and Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky'' (In Russian, 156 colour and 1026 b/w illustrations.) 1994. 528 pp. ,

Sources

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