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Aleksandr Benois
[Russian Symbolist Painter, 1870-1960]
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Aleksandr Benois Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
Costume Design for a Musician in Le Pavillon d'Armide
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
View of the "Trelyazh" (Trellis) Pavilion and Fountain "Eve", Peterhof, 1918
View of the "Monplaisir" and Catherine's Block, Peterhof, 1918-22
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Versailles
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Tver Art Gallery, Tver, Russia (in Russian) 
The 8th thumbnail on the page is by Aleksandr Benois
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Auburn University Liberal Arts Department
History of Russian Painting
The Modernist Journals Project
(Click "Retrieve Images" to see artworks)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Aleksandr Benois 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
The Magazine Antiques
Image 8 in the slideshow is The Bedroom of Czarina Maria Alexandrovna, Gatchina Palace, ca.1900
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