Watercolors by Alexandre Benois (1870-1960), a Russian artist who spent much of his adult life in France. He is probably best known today as a stage designer for theater and ballet, but I love these watercolors. Above, an Italian courtyard.
Versailles, 1905.
The Venetian Garden at Versailles, 1910.
Grand cascade at the Peterhof, 1918.
Birthplace of Maurice Ravel, 1914.
Entrance to a house in Lugano.
Lake Primel, Brittany (or so Google translated from the Russian), 1910.
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