What is Alexandre Benois?
[[Image:Alexander Benua par Léon Bakst (1898).jpg|thumb|300px|right|Portrait of Alexandre Benois by [[Leon Bakst]], 1898]] '''Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois''' (3 May 1870{{mdash}}9 February 1960) was an artist, art critic, and historian. He was born in [[St. Petersburg]] and died in [[Paris]]. He designed several productions for [[Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]] including ''[[Petrushka]]''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Benois, Alexandre}} [[Category:Russian designers]] [[Category:1870 births]] [[Category:1960 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}