Leon Collection (page 3)

L Oiseau De Feu, 1922, (1923). Artist: Leon Bakst
L Oiseau De Feu, 1922, (1923). Painting held at the Belgazprombank collection, Minsk. From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]

Un Notable Mespotamien, 1922, (1923). Artist: Leon Bakst
Un Notable Mespotamien, 1922, (1923). From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]

Le Sultan Samarcande, 1922, (1923). Artist: Leon Bakst
Le Sultan Samarcande, 1922, (1923). Painting held at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid. From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]

Echo Abandonee, 1922, (1923). Artist: Leon Bakst
Echo Abandonee, 1922, (1923). From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]

Almanza. Field of Battle, 1823. Artist: James Duffield Harding
Almanza. Field of Battle, 1823. The Battle of Almansa, 25th April 1707, was one of the most decisive engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession. Edward Hawke Locker (1777-1849)

Buffon Russe, 1924. Artist: Leon Bakst
Buffon Russe, 1924. From The Studio Volume 93. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1927]

Scene from the Russian Ballet: The Good-Humoured Ladies, c1900. Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
Scene from the Russian Ballet: The Good-Humoured Ladies, c1900. From The Studio Volume 76. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1919]

Costume Designs for the Russian Ballet Le Dieu Bleu, c1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume Designs for the Russian Ballet Le Dieu Bleu, c1912. From The Studio Volume 60 [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913-14.]

Fantaisie Sur Le Costume Moderne, Dione, c1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
Fantaisie Sur Le Costume Moderne, Dione, c1910. From The Studio Volume 60 [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913-14.]

Narcisse: A Bacchante. Costume design for the dance Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Narcisse: A Bacchante. Costume design for the dance Narcisse, 1911. From The Studio Volume 105. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1933]

He Devoured France with Activity, Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1872. Artist: Montbard
He Devoured France with Activity, Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1872. A print from Vanity Fair, October 19th 1872

Leon Gambetta proclaiming the Republic of France, 4th September 1870 (1882-1884). After the disastrous defeat of the French by the Prussians at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Jean Richepin, French poet, dramatist and novelist, and Leon Bonnat, French artist, 1901. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album

Leon Bloy, French novelist, essayist and poet, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1950, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1850-1950

Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1881. A Republican politician, Gambetta (1838-1882), was an opponent of the French Second Empire

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollees factory

Benedict Spinoza, 17th century Dutch philosopher, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Benedict Spinoza, 17th century Dutch philosopher, c1870. Of Portuguese Jewish descent, Spinoza (1632-1677) is regarded as having laid the foundations for the Enlightenment of the 18th century

En Pays Flamand, 1902. Artist: Leon Frederic
En Pays Flamand, 1902. From The Studio Volume 40. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907]

Battle of Jimaguaya, (1873), 1920s
Battle of Jimaguaya. On May 11 1873, General Ignacio Agramonete was attacked in Jimaguayu, by Lieutenant Colonel Rodriguez de Leon who arrived with 700 men

Leon Trotsky arriving for peace negotiations with the Germans, Brest-Litovsk, 7 January 1918. Trotsky led the Russian delegation at the negotiations

Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882. A Republican politician, Gambetta (1838-1882), was an opponent of the French Second Empire

John Joseph Black Jack Pershing, American general, (1926). Artist: Leon Hornecker
John Joseph Black Jack Pershing, American general, (1926). Pershing, (1860-1948), led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I

Costume design for the play Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, 1904. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for the play Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, 1904. Found in the collection of the State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Police photograph of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, 1898. Trotsky (1879-1940) became involved in revolutionary activities in 1896

Leon Bakst, Russian artist and designer, 1910s. Bakst (1866-1924) is best known for the costume and set designs he produced for Serge Diaghilevs famous itinerant ballet company, the Ballets Russes

Leon Bakst, Russian artist and designer and ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev, c1910. Bakst (1866-1924) (left) and Diaghilev (1872-1929) (centre) with unidentified others

Dance of the Seven Veils, 1908. Artist: Leon Bakst
Dance of the Seven Veils, 1908. Costume design for the play Salome by Oscar Wilde. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Dinner, 1902. Artist: Leon Bakst
Dinner, 1902. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Poster for Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Poster for Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, 1911. Showing the dancer Maria Kuznetsova (1880-1966). From a private collection

Portrait of Russian composer Mily Balakirev, 1907. Artist: Leon Bakst
Portrait of Russian composer Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), 1907. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Costume design for Gabriele d Annunzios ballet The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, c1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Gabriele d Annunzios ballet The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, c1911. From a private collection

Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Ishtar, 1924. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Ishtar, 1924. Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960) was a Russian ballet dancer, for whom Leon Bakst designed costumes. From a private collection

Portrait of the artist Isaak Levitan, 1899. Artist: Leon Bakst
Portrait of the artist Isaak Levitan, 1899. Levitan (1861-1900) was a Russian Jewish landscape painter. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of the Trinity Lavra of St Sergius

Poster for a charity bazaar for the help of foundlings, 1899. Artist: Leon Bakst
Poster for a charity bazaar for the help of foundlings, 1899. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Leon Trotsky and his family, Alma Ata, USSR, 1928. Trotsky (1879-1940) with his wife, Natalia Sedova (1882-1962), and son, Lev Sedov (1906-1938)

Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Au Jardin des Gemmes, 1924. Artist: Leon Carre
Au Jardin des Gemmes, 1924. Leonard Rosenthal. Illustration of Leon Carre. Private collection

Frenchman Leon Thery, winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing, 1904. The Gordon Bennett Cup was first held in 1900

Leon Bourgeois, President of the Chamber of Deputies, 1902. Leon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (1851-1925) was a French statesman who held a wide range of ministerial

Leon Bollees Voiturette car, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
Leon Bollees Voiturette car, 1896. Leon Bollee (1870-1913) was a French automobile manufacturer and inventor. He invented his three-wheeled Voiurette in 1895

Hubert le Blon, in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Gardner-Serpollet was a French manufacturer of steam-powered cars in the early 1900s

Leon Serpollet in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Serpollet set a world land speed record in 1902, driving along the promenade at Nice at 75.06 kmh in a steam-powered car

Madame Pascal, 1905. Artist: Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Madame Pascal, 1905

Model in Profile, c1853-1922. Artist: Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Model in Profile, c1853-1922

The Coast of Breton, c1907-1915. Artist: Leon Hubert
The Coast of Breton, c1907-1915

Costume design for Seefenfel, from Sadko, 1917. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Seefenfel, from Sadko, 1917

The Age of the Worker, 1896. Artist: Leon Frederic
The Age of the Worker, 1896. Leon Frederic drew on contemporary and centuries-old influences to evolve his unique symbolist style

Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

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