Léon Bakst, “Costume design for the ballet The Firebird”

Bakst loved this character from Russian folklore, and made a drawing influenced by Cubism and Parisian aesthetics.

Video from The Museum of Modern Art.

Title Costume design for the ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
Artist(s) Léon Bakst
Dates 1913
Places Europe / Western Europe / France
Period, Culture, Style Modernisms / Art Nouveau
Artwork Type Drawing
Material Watercolor paint, Graphite, Gouache, Paper
Technique

Cite this page as: The Museum of Modern Art, "Léon Bakst, “Costume design for the ballet The Firebird”," in Smarthistory, January 25, 2016, accessed February 19, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/leon-bakst-costume-design-for-the-ballet-the-firebird/.