The Poet of St. I'etersburg                           5

ing Exhibitions), and celebrated individuality, modernity, free¬
dom. Their champions were Scriabin, Stravinsky, the Russian
Symbolist poets and such legendary dancers as Nijinsky, Pavlova
and Karsavina. Diaghilev's Ballets Russes fused the genres of mu-
 

Dobuzhinskv in the 1940s.
(Courtesy of Vsevolod Dobujinsky)

sic, painting and choreography, and set new standards of excel¬
lence in all three realms.

Dobuzhinsky became a regular contributor to not only their
journal. The World of Art, but also to several other avant-garde
publications such as The Golden. Fleece, Apollon, and the Berlin-
based Firebird. His work primarily consisted of chapter headings,
vignettes and illustrations, all of which revealed his sophisticated