Benois family
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.
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 Catherine Borisovna Serebriakova (1913-), and architect Yevgeny Borisovich Serebriakov (1906-).