Nicola Benois

Nicola Benois. Art Department: Regina della Scala. Nicola Alexandrivoch Benois was born in 1901, in St Petersburg, Russia. His father, named Alexandre Benois, was a lawyer and the artist for the Imperial Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersburg. The family lived in their grand mansion near the Opera House, which was built by grandfather Nikolai Benois. Nicola Benois studied art under his father and worked as scenographer and set designer...