Albert Albertovich BENOIS  1879 — 1930

Альберт Альбертович БЕНУА • Альберт Альбертович БЕНУА

Albert Albertovich Benois studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. He continued his studies in Munich, under the prominent German watercolorist Hans von Bartels (1856-1913). Upon return to his native St. Petersburg, Benois received government commission – decoration of the Russian Pavilion at the 1911 World’s Fair in Turin, Italy. The artist died in China from tuberculosis in 1930.

Works

Sea

A forgotten temple of Confucius, in the mountain near Tunanfu

Fishing boat going out to sea at night