Marie Vassilieff
Mariya Ivanovna Vassilieva (Russian: Мария Ивановна Васильева;1884-1957), better known as Marie Vassilieff, was a Russian-born painter and set designer active in Paris.<ref name="CLARA">Template:Cite web</ref>
She was born on February 12, 1884 in Smolensk, Russia.<ref name="RKD Research">Template:Cite web</ref> She attended the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. She also studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she was taught by Henri Matisse.<ref name="AWARE">Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1910 she co-founded the Academie Russe in Paris. Several years later she left that school and founded Academie Vassilieff also in Paris.<ref name="The New York Times">Template:Cite web</ref> Academie Vassilieff located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris (Montparnasse), became a popular place, and during World War I Vassilieff turned the property into a canteen (cafeteria) serving inexpensive meals to artist in the neighborhood.<ref name="AWARE"/>
Vassilieff died on May 14, 1957 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France.<ref name="Bibliothèque nationale de France">Template:Cite web</ref>
Her property. Villa Vassilieff, at 21 Avenue du Maine has served as a gallery, a museum (Musée du Montparnasse), and study center.<ref name="Villa Vassilieff">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Artnet News">Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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[edit]- Little Stories of Great Women Artists:Marie Vassilieff Archives of Women Artists Research and Exhibitions
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