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Творчество Альберта Николаевича Бенуа в России и за рубежом
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Ekaterina A. Savinova
The work of Albert Benois in Russia and abroad
Albert Benois, a Russian watercolorist continued the best traditions of Russian academic painting and has
a bright individual style. He came from a Family of artists: son of the architect Nicholas Benois, grandson
of the architect Alberto Cavos, brother of the architect Leo Benois and artist Alexander Benois, uncle of
Eugene Lanceray and Zinaida Serebriakova, father of an artist - Camille (Benois) Horvath, opera singer
Maria Benois (Tcherepnin) and watercolorist Albert (Albert-Konstantin) Benois. Albert Benois was born
in 1852 in a family of an architect Nicholas Benois in St. Petersburg. Between 1871-1877 he studied at
the Academy of Fine Arts at the architectural department. Simultaneously, he studied watercolor painting
with Luigi Premazzi (1818-1891) and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (1843-1889). In 1880, he became one of
the founders of the Russian society of watercolorists. In 1884 he received the title of the Academic. Since
1895, he was the curator of the Russian Museum, in 1918 he became the director of the Museum of Ap-
plied Arts in St. Petersburg. Benois emigrated in 1924 to Paris on the cali from his eldest daughter Mary
Tcherepnin. In 1926 he was elected a member of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1928-1930 he
held three solo exhibitions in galleries G. Petit and V. Girchman. He participated in exhibitions in Brus-
sels (1928) and Belgrade (1930), his works were exhibited at the traveling exhibition in Harbin (1920).
He died in 1936 and is buried at the cemetery in Issy de Moulineaux. Albert Benoiss works are in many
museum collections, such as the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Benois Family
Museum in Peterhof, the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, and others.
219
Ekaterina A. Savinova
The work of Albert Benois in Russia and abroad
Albert Benois, a Russian watercolorist continued the best traditions of Russian academic painting and has
a bright individual style. He came from a Family of artists: son of the architect Nicholas Benois, grandson
of the architect Alberto Cavos, brother of the architect Leo Benois and artist Alexander Benois, uncle of
Eugene Lanceray and Zinaida Serebriakova, father of an artist - Camille (Benois) Horvath, opera singer
Maria Benois (Tcherepnin) and watercolorist Albert (Albert-Konstantin) Benois. Albert Benois was born
in 1852 in a family of an architect Nicholas Benois in St. Petersburg. Between 1871-1877 he studied at
the Academy of Fine Arts at the architectural department. Simultaneously, he studied watercolor painting
with Luigi Premazzi (1818-1891) and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (1843-1889). In 1880, he became one of
the founders of the Russian society of watercolorists. In 1884 he received the title of the Academic. Since
1895, he was the curator of the Russian Museum, in 1918 he became the director of the Museum of Ap-
plied Arts in St. Petersburg. Benois emigrated in 1924 to Paris on the cali from his eldest daughter Mary
Tcherepnin. In 1926 he was elected a member of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1928-1930 he
held three solo exhibitions in galleries G. Petit and V. Girchman. He participated in exhibitions in Brus-
sels (1928) and Belgrade (1930), his works were exhibited at the traveling exhibition in Harbin (1920).
He died in 1936 and is buried at the cemetery in Issy de Moulineaux. Albert Benoiss works are in many
museum collections, such as the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Benois Family
Museum in Peterhof, the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, and others.