Scene from <i>Le Dieu Bleu</i>
1913
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1913
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This painting copies stage designs for a 1912 ballet. Bright blues and golds swirl around a dancer in mid-air. The scene looks like a stage set, not a real place. Cyril Beaumont copied designs by Léon Bakst. He tried to paint what he saw in Bakst’s prints, adding his own feelings. Beaumont wasn’t a painter by trade—he ran a bookshop. See the real set design next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
