Benois family
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The Benois family was a family of prominent 19th and 20th Century Russian artists, musicians, and architects, descended from French confectioner Louis Jules Benois, who came to Russia in 1794 after the French Revolution.
[edit] Prominent Family Members
Nicholas Leontievich Benois (1813-1898), Russian architect. Designed several buildings for the Imperial Family at Peterhof.
Albert Nikolayevich Benois (1852-1936), Russian water-colorist.
Leon Nikolayevich "Leonty" Benois (1856-1928), Russian architect. He helped design the St. Petersburg Court Choir Chapel (now the Mikhail Glinka Academic Choir Chapel).
Ekaterina Nikolayevna "Katherine" Benois married sculptor Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lanceray (1848-1886), also spelled Eugene Lansere.
Camilla Nikolayevna Benois married a Mr. Edwards. Their daughter Camilla Edwards married Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian (1878-1936). Her grandson Georgi Tamanian (1910-) was also a prominent Armenian architect.
Alexander Nikolayevich Benois (1870-1960), painter, theatrical designer, art critic. His daughter Yelena Alexandrovna Benois-Clemans (1898-1972), was a talented painter, her first husband was composer Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979). His son Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois (1901-1988), was a theatrical designer, and one-time manager of the La Scala in Milan.
Nikolai Albertovich Benois married Maria Nikolayevna Kuznetsova (1880-1966), a famous Russian opera singer.
Maria Albertovna Benois married Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873-1945), also spelled Cherepnin. They were the parents of Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1899-1977), composer and pianist. His son Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin (1943-1998), was also a talented composer.
Nadezhda Leontievna Benois (1895-1975), illustrator and graphic designer. Mother of the famed British actor Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004).
Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray (1875-1946), Russian graphic artist, painter, illustrator.
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Lanceray (1884-1967), Russian portrait painter. Mother of artists Alexander Borisovich Serebriakov (1907-1994), Tatiana Borisovna Serebriakova (1912-1989), and Ekaterina Borisovna Serebriakova (1913-), and architect Yevgeny Borisovich Serebriakov (1906-).
