[[Image:Benua_Bakst.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Portrait of Alexander Benua by Lev Bakst, 1898]]
'''Alexander Nikolaevich Benua''' (Russian: ''Александр Николаевич Бенуа'') 1870-1960, is a famous [[Russia|Russian]] painter and art critic and historian. Most famous for his illustrations. After [[Russian revolution]] in 1926, moved to [[Paris]], [[France]], where he died in 1960.