Nadia Benois

Бенуа, Надежда Леонтьевна

Painter, graphic artist, stage-designer

Born St. Petersburg, 17 May 1896

Died Eastlich (Glouchestershire), 8 February 1975

 

Nadia Benois was the daughter of the architect Leonti (Louis) Benois (1856-1928). She is the niece of Alexandre Benois. She studied 1914-1918 under Jakovlev and Shukhaev . In 1920 she married the English journalist Iona Ustinov. She lived and worked in London.

 

1924-25

 

 

1934

 

1938

 

1943

 

1950

 

1975