Nadia Benois
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17 May 1896[1]
- Artist
- painter
Nadia Benois | |
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| Надежда Бенуа | |
 Self-portrait | |
| Born | Nadezhda Leontievna Benois 17 May 1896[1] Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 December 1975 (aged 79) Gloucestershire, England |
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| Spouse | Jona von Ustinov |
| Children | Peter Ustinov |
| Relatives | Tamara Ustinov (granddaughter) |
Nadezhda Leontievna Ustinova (Russian: Надежда Леонтьевна Устинова; née Benois (Бенуа); 17 May 1896 – 8 December 1975),[2] better known as Nadia Benois,[3] was a Russian-born British painter of still lifes and landscapes, and stage designer. Her father Leon Benois belonged to the Benois family. She was the mother of British actor, writer, and filmmaker Sir Peter Ustinov.
Nadia Benois, born Nadezhda Leontievna Benois in Saint Petersburg, was the youngest daughter of Leon Benois, a Russian architect. Nadezhda studied to be an artist at St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. On 1 June 1920,[4] Benois met Jona Ustinov, a journalist and diplomat; On 17 July 1920, Benois married Ustinov, and the two settled in London on 22 December 1920. On April 16, 1921, Peter, their only child was born. In 1935, Jona became a British subject.
She died on 8 December 1975 in Gloucestershire.[5]
