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.
Oil on canvas, 68x73 cm.
Astrakhan Picture Gallery.
A Prison. 1908. Illustration for magazine "Satyricon", N11.
Indian ink on paper.
Lady in Green. 1910. Portrait of the
Artist's wife.
Oil on canvas, 65.8x82.5 cm.
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Flowers and Apples. 1916.
Oil on canvas, 67x76 cm.
Private collection.
Fish.
Oil on canvas, 51x71 cm.
Private collection.
Vase with Flowers and Fruits. 1916.
Oil on canvas, 101,5x88 cm.
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Theatre:
Arab Dancer. Costume design for ballet "Islamey".1910.
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.
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.
Gouache on paper mounted on cardboard.
Sea Tzarevna. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".
Watercolor, gouache.
Bakhrushin theatre Museum, Moscow.
Tiny Brook. 1911. Costume design for ballet"Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".
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".
Watercolor, gouache.
Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow.
A Sea Monster. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".
Watercolor, gouache, whitening.
Private collection, Moscow.
Woman. 1911. Costume design for ballet "Submarine Kingdom". Music by Rimsky-Korsakov from opera "Sadko".
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.
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.