Mir iskusstva
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Mir iskusstva was a Russian magazine and the artistic movement it inspired and embodied, which was a major influence on the Russians who helped revolutionize European art during the first decade of the 20th century. The magazine had limited circulation outside Russia.
"Members of the World of Art Movement", by Boris Kustodiev (1916-1920). From left to right: Igor Grabar, Nicholas Roerich, Eugene Lanceray, Kustodiev, Ivan Bilibin, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Alexandre Benois, Heorhiy Narbut, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Nikolay Milioti, Konstantin Somov and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
Mir iskusstwa cover 1899 by Maria Yakunchikova
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to The Tale of the Golden Cockerel.
Léon Bakst
Sergei Diaghilev
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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.
Diaghilev in 1910
Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov, 1904
Sergei Diaghilev with his nanny, 1905, Léon Bakst
Diaghilev's gravestone, Isola di San Michele, Orthodox section, Venice, Italy (April 2011)