BENOIT-ЛАНСЕРЕ Ekaterina Nikolaevna

1850 (St-Петербург) — 1933 (Leningrad)

Painter, graphic artist

the Daughter of architect Nicholas Leontyevich Benois, elder sister of the architect Leonti Benois, artists albert and Alexander Nikolaevicha Benoit; wife of the sculptor Eugene Alexandrovich Lanceray (1874); mother artists Eugene Lanceray, Zinaida Serebryakova, architect Nicholas Yevgenievich Lancere.

Attended Drawing classes at the Imperial Academy of arts (first half of 1870-х); studied under the guidance П. П. Чистякова. In 1874 вместе husband and I visited Paris.

I Lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd — Leningrad). The summer months of 1880-х — 1910-х conducted on the estate of Neskuchnoye of the Kursk province. Traveled to Italy, Austria (1902-1903); in 1905-1906 with his daughter Zinaida was in Paris.

he Painted landscapes, genre and animalistic compositions; worked a lot in watercolors; has been copying paintings. Helping out her husband, Е. А. Лансере.

Member of-учредитель First ladies ' art circle (1882).

Sources:
1. bls-collection.com