Léon’s work is defined by its modernism sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Léon Bakst (Russian, born Belarus, 1868–1924) Produced by the Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig (New York) New York, United States

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Léon Bakst (Russian, born Belarus, 1866–1924) Produced by the Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig (New York) New York, United States

Costume Design for Girl in a Green Dress, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Electra, for Helen of Sparta
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Set Design for the Boutique
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Woman with a Lorgnette, for Ballet Boutique Fantastique
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Musician, for Cleopatra
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Pretres Agni, for The Blue God
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for La Legende de Joseph
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Young Woman in Red Bonnet, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Woman in a Black Coat, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Head of a Woman
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Léon Bakst (Russian, born Belarus, 1866–1924) Produced by the Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig (New York) New York, United States

Costume Design for Man in a Brown Suit, for Ballet Boutique Fastasque
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Costume Design for Man in a Green Jacket, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Léon Bakst (Russian, born Belarus, 1866–1924) Produced by the Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig (New York) New York, United States

Interrogation II
Leon Golub American, 1922–2004

Madame Léon Clapisson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

Chariot Race
Jean Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)

Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid
Jean Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)