Family of prominent 19th- and 20th-century Russian artists, musicians and architects
Portrait of the Benois family, c.1816, showing parents Louis & Ekaterina Benois surrounded by their eight children Jeannette (b.1798), Mikhail (b.1799), Leonty (b.1801), Alexandrina (b.1803), Elizaveta (b.1806), Elena (b.1807),
Nicholas (b.1813) and Francois (b.1814).
The Benois family (
Russian: Бенуа,
romanized: Benua) was a family of prominent 19th and 20th century Russian artists, musicians and architects, descended from French confectioner Louis Jules (Leonty Nikolaevich) Benois (1770/1772?–1822), cook-confectioner to the
Duke of Montmorency, who moved to Russia in 1794 after the
French Revolution and became a royal headwaiter.
Famous members of the Benois family include:
Mikhail Benois (1799–1861), colonel, tutor at the Corps of Pages.
Leonty Benois (1801–1883), "the first doctor" in St.Petersburg.
Albert's dtr. Camille Evgenia Benois (1878-1959), artist, married Gen. Dimitri Leonidovitch Horvath (1859-1937) who was General Manager of the
Chinese Eastern Railway and a direct descendant of Field Marshal
Mikhail Kutuzov (1745-1813).
Albert's son Nikolai Albertovich Benois married
Maria Nikolayevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), a famous Russian opera singer.
Nicholas' son
Leon Nikolayevich "Leonty" Benois (1856–1928), Russian architect. He helped design the St. Petersburg Court Choir Chapel (now the Mikhail Glinka Academic Choir.
Nikolai's dtr. Camilla Nikolayevna Benois married a British immigrant, Matthew Edward Edwards. Their daughter Camilla Matveevna Edwards married
Armenian architect
Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936), whose sons Georgi Tamanian (1910–1993) and Julius (Yuliy) Tamanian (1922-1993) were also prominent Armenian architects.
Nicholas' dtr. Ekaterina Nikolayevna "Katherine" Benois (
b. 1850) married sculptor Eugene Lanceray (aka. "Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lansere") (1848–1886).
Alexander's dtr. Yelena Alexandrovna Benois-Clément (1898–1972) was a talented painter whose first husband was composer
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979).
Family of prominent 19th- and 20th-century Russian artists, musicians and architects
Portrait of the Benois family, c.1816, showing parents Louis & Ekaterina Benois surrounded by their eight children Jeannette (b.1798), Mikhail (b.1799), Leonty (b.1801), Alexandrina (b.1803), Elizaveta (b.1806), Elena (b.1807),
Nicholas (b.1813) and Francois (b.1814).
The Benois family (
Russian: Бенуа,
romanized: Benua) was a family of prominent 19th and 20th century Russian artists, musicians and architects, descended from French confectioner Louis Jules (Leonty Nikolaevich) Benois (1770/1772?–1822), cook-confectioner to the
Duke of Montmorency, who moved to Russia in 1794 after the
French Revolution and became a royal headwaiter.
Famous members of the Benois family include:
Mikhail Benois (1799–1861), colonel, tutor at the Corps of Pages.
Leonty Benois (1801–1883), "the first doctor" in St.Petersburg.
Albert's dtr. Camille Evgenia Benois (1878-1959), artist, married Gen. Dimitri Leonidovitch Horvath (1859-1937) who was General Manager of the
Chinese Eastern Railway and a direct descendant of Field Marshal
Mikhail Kutuzov (1745-1813).
Albert's son Nikolai Albertovich Benois married
Maria Nikolayevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), a famous Russian opera singer.
Nicholas' son
Leon Nikolayevich "Leonty" Benois (1856–1928), Russian architect. He helped design the St. Petersburg Court Choir Chapel (now the Mikhail Glinka Academic Choir.
Nikolai's dtr. Camilla Nikolayevna Benois married a British immigrant, Matthew Edward Edwards. Their daughter Camilla Matveevna Edwards married
Armenian architect
Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936), whose sons Georgi Tamanian (1910–1993) and Julius (Yuliy) Tamanian (1922-1993) were also prominent Armenian architects.
Nicholas' dtr. Ekaterina Nikolayevna "Katherine" Benois (
b. 1850) married sculptor Eugene Lanceray (aka. "Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lansere") (1848–1886).
Alexander's dtr. Yelena Alexandrovna Benois-Clément (1898–1972) was a talented painter whose first husband was composer
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979).