Marie Bashkirtseff
November 23, 2012
On this date in 1860, Russian artist Marie Bashkirtseff
was born in the Ukraine to a wealthy noble family. She grew up in
France and Italy, and studied painting in Paris. Although a number of
her paintings were destroyed by the Nazis during World War II, she is
still well-known for two canvasses: "The Meeting," depicting Parisian
slum children, and "In the Studio," depicting fellow artists at work.
From the age of 13, she kept a journal, which included her
correspondence with writer Guy De Maupassant. Still in print, the
journal was first published in 1891, and was called I Am the Most Interesting Book of All. Her later journal entries, originally published in Revue des Revues,
in February and September, 1900, reveal her skepticism. She was an
ardent feminist, who wrote for Hubertine Auclert's newspaper, La Citoyenne. She died of tuberculosis at age 23. D. 1884.
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor - www.ffrf.org
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