Alexandre Benois
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Alexandre Benois was a Russian artist, stage designer, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the Mir Iskusstva movement and a key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Benois canonical | 7 |
| Alexander Benois | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Alexandre Benois Context triple: [Ballets Russes, collaboratedWith, Alexandre Benois]
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Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
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Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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Michel Regembal
Michel Regembal is a French architect best known as one of the designers of the Stade de France, the national stadium located in Saint-Denis near Paris.
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Victor Laloux
Victor Laloux was a prominent French architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his grand Beaux-Arts railway stations and public buildings in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexandre Benois Target entity description: Alexandre Benois was a Russian artist, stage designer, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the Mir Iskusstva movement and a key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet.
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A.
Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
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B.
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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C.
Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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D.
Michel Regembal
Michel Regembal is a French architect best known as one of the designers of the Stade de France, the national stadium located in Saint-Denis near Paris.
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E.
Victor Laloux
Victor Laloux was a prominent French architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his grand Beaux-Arts railway stations and public buildings in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art critic
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art historian ⓘ costume designer ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ member of the Imperial Academy of Arts ⓘ painter ⓘ set designer ⓘ stage designer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1870-05-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Russian Empire
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St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| burialPlace | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery ⓘ |
| child |
Camilla Albertovna Benois
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surface form:
Nadezhda Benois
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| cofounderOf |
Mir iskusstva
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surface form:
Mir Iskusstva
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| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1960-02-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Imperial School of Jurisprudence ⓘ |
| employer |
Ballets Russes
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Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ Ballets Russes ⓘ
surface form:
Sergei Diaghilev's company
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| father |
Nikolai Benois
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surface form:
Nikolai Leontyevich Benois
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| fieldOfWork |
art criticism
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art history ⓘ ballet scenography ⓘ theatre design ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet design
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book illustration ⓘ historical painting ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ballets Russes aesthetics
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Russian stage design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Mir iskusstva
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surface form:
Mir Iskusstva
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| mother | Camilla Albertovna Benois ⓘ |
| movement |
Art Nouveau
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Mir iskusstva ⓘ
surface form:
Mir Iskusstva
Symbolism ⓘ |
| name |
Alexander Nikolayevich Benois
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Alexandre Benois self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | Александр Николаевич Бенуа ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding figure of Mir Iskusstva
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key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"The Last Promenade of Catherine II"
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"Versailles Series" paintings ⓘ decor for "Giselle" ⓘ decor for "La Boutique fantasque" ⓘ decor for "Le Pavillon d’Armide" ⓘ decor for "The Nutcracker" ⓘ decor for "The Sleeping Beauty" ⓘ illustrations for Pushkin's works ⓘ stage designs for "Les Sylphides" ⓘ stage designs for "Petrushka" ⓘ |
| occupation |
art critic
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art historian ⓘ artist ⓘ painter ⓘ stage designer ⓘ |
| relative |
Eugene Lanceray
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Yevgeny Lansere NERFINISHED ⓘ Zinaida Serebriakova ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| sibling |
Albert Nikolayevitch Benois
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surface form:
Albert Benois
Leon Benois ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Karlovna Benois ⓘ |
| wrote |
art criticism essays
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memoirs ⓘ studies on 18th-century art ⓘ |
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Subject: Alexandre Benois Description of subject: Alexandre Benois was a Russian artist, stage designer, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the Mir Iskusstva movement and a key scenographer for early 20th-century ballet.
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