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Age: 51

Lives in: Paris, France

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Alexandre Benois

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Henri Matisse

Ida Rubinstein

Serge Diaghilev

Andrey Bely

Jean Cocteau

Igor Stravinsky

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Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Serge Diaghilev Leon Bakst

Lisbon, Portugal

02.01.18

You should finish sketching the scenery for Scarlatti at once. We need it for the season at the Paris Opera. It begins in February. I’ll be in Paris on January 20th.

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Roma, Italy

22.11.17

What happiness it is to create in the most picturesque ruins on earth, surrounded by young, genius artists.

Red wine intoxicates us, and Palini invites us to a thousand banquets. Diaghilev relates to Rome like Kandavl to his wife – with love and pride. His house is open to guests, he feeds all with tomato purée and pirozhki. See more

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Serge Diaghilev Leon Bakst

14.11.17

At the end of December, I want to give a fundraising concert at the Paris Opera for the Italian Red Cross. I would like to ask you to make a sketch of the set design for Scarlatti. Prepare the sketch. I will be in Paris in 10 days. My address is Russian Consulate in Madrid.

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Igor Stravinsky Leon Bakst

Switzerland

17.10.17

After the medical examination, the Russian consulate denied me a passport for reasons of poor health. It is absolutely impossible for me to meet you. Come here immediately.

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Leon Bakst Lyubov Gritsenko

Paris, France

09.10.17

My dear Lyubochka,

I haven't received your postcards in a while. Had it not been for Oksana's message, that you're in Evpatoria and everything is well, I would have been very worried. It's autumn here, I'm working a lot, despite my very sour mood. See more

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Igor Stravinsky Leon Bakst

Lausanne, canton of Vaud, Switzerland

29.09.17

When will you arrive and why are you not replying? Warm regards.

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Paris, France

14.09.17

Dear Lyubochka,

I was very touched by your letter where you share your thoughts about the sea, sand and the sky. I remember our walks when we would admire the nature in so many countries, and I would always be touched by your thoughts. I can’t stop dreaming, can’t stop passionately, continuously thinking about the day when I can hug you again, be with you all, my darlings. And now it is so hard to be away from everyone, and no city, not even Naples or Nice, can calm my biting sorrow.

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Igor Stravinsky Leon Bakst

Diableler, Switzerland

21.08.17

Dearest Lev, allow me to add a few more lines to yesterday’s telegram. Please come and see me in Morges, and together we will work something out. I am convinced that the remaining questions hanging over the production can be solved only if we work together. See more

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Leon Bakst Igor Stravinsky

Barcelona, Spain

28.06.17

In three weeks André Gide will come to see you. Strong artistic and financial support is expected. Rubinstein will write to you. Answer her.

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Igor Stravinsky Leon Bakst

Diableler, Switzerland

22.06.17

If you want me to write music for Shakespeare, it is absolutely necessary that you come here. Strongly refuse to discuss anything in writing. I'm waiting for you.

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Paris, France

21.06.17

Dear Igor, alas, I cannot make my way to Paris until I have finished some urgent work here. I read your telegram to Ida Rubinstein and she said that such letters, no matter how detailed, are always open to interpretation. She bases this fear on her over-the-post experience with Sebastian and Salome (for which she ordered music from Glazunov). See more

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Igor Stravinsky Leon Bakst

Diableler, Switzerland

18.06.17

I will gladly compose music for you, but I can not decide upon anything until I see you. I can not come to Paris. Telegraph me.

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Leon Bakst Lyubov Gritsenko

Paris, France

21.05.17

Dearest Lyubochka, how good it would be if we could beat the Germans as soon as possible—we could see each other again, and you and the children could get a bit of sun somewhere in the south of France or in Italy. I dream only of this. I’ve been following the Russian newspapers closely. Who has been sending me Russkoe Slovo? Stay healthy, all of you. Loving kisses to you and the children.

Your Lyova

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Naples, Italy

02.05.17

It is so peaceful and quiet here, despite the war; the sea is blue, and deep, warm, waves of the wind blur Capri in front of my windows…

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Pablo Picasso Gertrude Stein

Rome, Italy

01.05.17

Dear Gertrude!

I've been working for days on my decorations and costumes and also on two paintings, which were started here. I want to finish them before the dearture. Decorations will be finished right here. Here I have 60 ballerinas. I go to sleep late. I know every girl in Rome. See more

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Age: 51

Lives in: Paris, France

Friends

Alexandre Benois

Serge Diaghilev

Pablo Picasso

Andrey Bely

Zinaida Gippius

Jean Cocteau

Henri Matisse

Igor Stravinsky

Ida Rubinstein