Leon Benois
Leon or Leonty Nikolayevich Benois (Russian: Лео́нтий Никола́евич Бенуа́, romanized: Leonty Nikolayevich Benua; 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1856 – 8 February 1928) was a Russian architect from the Benois family.
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Leon Benois
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- Born
- 1856.
- Died
- 1928.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- architect, painter, draftsperson and artist.
- Known for
- Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, Russian Chapel, Bad Homburg and St. Maria of Lourde Roman Catholic Church.
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He was the son of architect Nicholas Benois, the brother of artists Alexandre Benois and Albert Benois. He built the Roman Catholic cathedral of Notre-Dame in St Petersburg, the mausoleum of the Grand Dukes of Russia in the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw, among many other works. Benois served as Dean of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1903–06, 1911–17) and edited the architecture magazine Zodchii. He gave his name to Leonardo da Vinci's painting Benois Madonna which he inherited from his father-in-law and presented to the Hermitage Museum. The painter Nadia Benois was his daughter, and the actor Sir Peter Ustinov was his grandson. He died on 8 February 1928.
Saint Petersburg (Russia), Moskovsky Avenue.
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1856
Leon Benois born at Peterhof.
1928
Leon Benois died at Saint Petersburg.
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- 1.Koralbelʹnikova, Lûdmila Zinovʹevna. Alexander Tcherepnin: the saga of a Russian émigré composer. Indiana University press. 11. 2008. 9780253349385.
- 2.Pooler, Richard Shaw. Leonardo da Vinci's treatise of painting: the story of the world's greatest treatise on painting - its origins, history, content, and influence. Vernon Press. 292. 2014. 1622730178.
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