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Boris (Ber) Israilevich ANISFELD

Born 1879, Belz, Moldova - Died 1973, USA

Painter and theatre designer

Paintings        Theatre        Biography

Paintings:

A Garden with a Woman Figure.Boris Anisfeld

Oil on canvas, 68x73 cm.
Astrakhan Picture Gallery.

A Prison. 1908. Illustration for magazine "Satyricon", N11.Boris Anisfeld

Indian ink on paper.

Lady in Green. 1910. Portrait of the Artist's wife.Boris Anisfeld

Oil on canvas, 65.8x82.5 cm.
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

Flowers and Apples. 1916.Boris Anisfeld

Oil on canvas, 67x76 cm.
Private collection.

Fish.Boris Anisfeld

Oil on canvas, 51x71 cm.
Private collection.

Vase with Flowers and Fruits. 1916.Boris Anisfeld

Oil on canvas, 101,5x88 cm.
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

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Theatre:

Arab Dancer. Costume design for ballet "Islamey".1910.Boris Anisfeld

Gouache, pencil and silver paint on paper. 44.2x30.6 cm.

Arab dancer. Costume design for ballet "Islamey". 1910. Music by Balakirev, choreography by Fokin, Mariinsky theatre, St.Petersburg, 1912.Boris Anisfeld

Gouache, pencil and silver on paper,  44,2 x30,6 cm.
Lobanov-Rostovsky's collection, London.

Design of decor for ballet "Islamey".1910. Music by Balakirev. Mariinsky Theatre in Petersburg.Boris Anisfeld

Gouache on paper mounted on cardboard.

Sea Tzarevna. 1911. Costume design for ballet   "Submarine  Kingdom".   Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".Boris Anisfeld

Watercolor, gouache.
Bakhrushin theatre Museum, Moscow.

Tiny Brook. 1911. Costume design for ballet"Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".Boris Anisfeld

Watercolor, gouache.
Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow.

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Golden Fish. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".Boris Anisfeld

Watercolor, gouache.
Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow.

A Sea Monster. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".Boris Anisfeld

Watercolor, gouache, whitening.
Private collection, Moscow.

Woman. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".Boris Anisfeld

Watercolor, gouache, whitening, silver paint.
Private collection, Moscow.

Slave of Cleopatra. Costume design for ballet "Egyptian Nights". 1913. Music by A.Arensky, choreography by Fokin, King's Opera theatre, Stockholm, 1913.Boris Anisfeld

Gouache and pencil on paper, 31 x48,3 cm.
Lobanov-Rostovsky's collection, London.

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Biography:

After finishing Odessa Art School in 1900, studied at the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, under D.Kardovsky and I.Repin (1900-1909).

From 1903 participated in exhibitions, including Union of Russian Artists and World of Art.

Member of the World of Art group.

From 1907 worked for the Theatre of V.Kommissarzhevskaya and for the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, as well as staging Russian ballets in Paris.

From 1917 lived in USA and worked as theatre designer for the Metropoliten-Opera and the Chicago-Opera.

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