Thursday 10 October 2013

Leon Bakst - Sleeping Beauty

My enthusiasm for fairy-tales continues, more art from Waddesdon Manor; Leon Bakst, Sleeping Beauty.

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curse of the wicked witch
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princess pricking her finger on a spinning wheel
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enchanted sleep
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the princess awakes  
There are seven panels telling the story of Sleeping Beauty on display at Waddesdon. My pictures don't quite do them justice, the colours are more vivid in the real. All the people and animals are modelled on Rothschild family members, friends and pets, apart from the wicked queen!

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