Nikita Lobanov

Nikita Lobanov, Nikita Dmitrievich Lobanov-Rostovsky (Russian: Никита Лобанов, Никита Дмитриевич Лобанов-Ростовский) (born 6 January 1935) is a Rurikid, geologist, banker and notable art collector of Russian stage design of the period of 1880–1930 (in particular designs for Ballets Russes).

Nikita Lobanov
Born (1935-01-06) 6 January 1935
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityRussian Federation
Alma materOxford (BA, MA, geology, 1958), Columbia University (MS, economic geology, 1960), New York University (MBA, accounting, 1962)
Occupationgeologist, banker
Known forcollection of Russian Stage and Costume Design
Spouse(s)1. Nina Georges-Picot
2. June Lobanov-Rostovsy (née Marsham-Towshend)
Websitehttp://www.russika.ru/lobanov

Lobanov was born on 6 January 1935 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Russian émigré parents, Dmitry Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and Irina Vasilievna (née Vyrubova, and from an old Russian noble family). He is a collector of costume and stage designs by Russian artists (1890–1930s), including Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He has organised numerous exhibitions, including one at the Metropolitan Museum (1967). He has written several works (Russian Painters and the Stage (1969), Trade Financing (1980) and Banking (1982), etc.).[1]

In 1987 he donated 80 works of art to the Museum of Personal Collections of Pushkin Museum (Moscow), including Alexandra Exter's famous series of Theatrical Decorations (1930).[2] His collection included 1100 works of art. In 2008 he sold it to Russian Government.[3][4][5]

Lobanov is a fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Regent of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, and a member of the Board of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Foundation of Bulgaria, Deputy Chairman of the International Council of Russian Compatriots in Moscow, Chairman of the Russian-speaking Community in the UK, and a member of the jury of the international ballet competition "Tansolymp" in Berlin.

Literature
  • John E. Bowlt. N. D. Lobanov-Rostovsky. Katalog-rezone Khudozhniki Russkogo Teatra / Catalogue-raisonné: Painters of Russian Theatre, 1880–1930. Collection of Nikita and Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky <in Russian, 156 colour and 1026 b/w illustrations> . 1994. 528 pp. ISBN 5-210-00233-0, ISBN 978-5-210-00233-4

Sources
  1. NIKITA D. LOBANOV
  2. Pushkin museum official site (en)
  3. Art repatriated: the Lobanov-Rostovsky collection
  4. Знаменитую коллекцию Лобановых-Ростовских приобрел Фонд «Константиновский»
  5. Russian theater art collection to be shown in St. Petersburg
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