Alexander Golovin

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (Alexander Golovin) was born on March 1, 1863, in Moscow, Russia. He studied architecture and later switched to painting. In 1900 he collaborated with his friend Konstantin Korovin on the design of the Russian pavilion at the Raris World Fair. Golovin worked as a stage designer for the "Ballets Russes" (Russian Seasons) of Sergei Diaghilev. He also collaborated with the theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Golovin did not connect with the Communist authorities and experienced financial difficulties. He had rare jobs as a book illustrator and lived a modest life in a suburb of St. Petersburg (Leningrad). He died on April 17, 1930, in Detskoe Selo, near St. Petersburg.