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Boris Israelevich Anisfeld

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Boris Anisfeld was a Russian-American painter whose Symbolist stage designs defined an aesthetic for early twentieth-century theater. Working primarily in oil and gouache, he created dreamlike sets and costume designs that merged painterly abstraction with dramatic narrative, influencing the visual language of European and American modernist theater. His work balanced geometric form with expressive color and mythological subject matter, establishing him as a key figure in the intersection of fine art and performance design during the Symbolist period.

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Artworks (13)

61.9 × 39.7 cm (24 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1910 · Oil on canvas

61.9 × 39.7 cm (24 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clouds over the Black Sea--Crimea

1906 · oil paint

Gypsy Woman. A Study

1904 · oil paint

Room of the Sick Prince, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Watercolor and gouache, with brush and black ink, gold metallic paint, pen and black ink, and touches of graphite, selectively varnished, on off-white laid paper

54.5 × 49 cm (21 1/2 × 19 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Prince and Truffaldino Pushing the Oranges, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache and watercolor, with touches of black fiber-tipped pen and graphite, over green and blue pastel and graphite, on off-white laid paper

55.8 × 65 cm (22 × 25 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Royal Palace, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache, with watercolor, graphite, gold metallic paint, brush and black ink and touches of charcoal, selectively varnished, on off-white laid paper

55.8 × 63.5 cm (22 × 25 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Castle of the Sorceress, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache with brush and black ink, watercolor, pen and black ink, and touches of gold metallic paint, selectively varnished on off-white laid paper

54.5 × 76.1 cm (21 1/2 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The King and the Doctors, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache, with watercolor, gold leaf, gold metallic paint, and touches of graphite, selectively varnished, on off-white laid paper

54 × 74.3 cm (21 5/16 × 29 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pink Curtain #2, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache and watercolor, with pen and black ink, and gold metallic paint, and charcoal, over graphite, selectively varnished, on off-white laid paper

56.5 × 78 cm (22 1/4 × 30 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cabalistic Curtain, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Gouache, with watercolor and touches of gold metallic paint, selectively varnished, on off-white laid paper

55.2 × 64.1 cm (21 3/4 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtyard of the Royal Palace, from Love of Three Orange

1899 · Watercolor and gouache, with gold leaf, pen and black ink, and touches of brush and black ink, over graphite, varnished overall on off-white laid paper

55.6 × 77.3 cm (21 15/16 × 30 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Gypsy Woman. A Study
1904 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Bullfight
1912 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Clouds over the Black Sea--Crimea
1906 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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