Bashkirtseva Maria

[uriart]

In this museum there is such a wonderful job Mary Bashkirtseva.
It's called "In the studio Julien"
The work entered the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Academy in Sankt Petersburg. Where are hit by the will of the artist.
It is known that the artist died at a young age-26let.
Her desire was that her paintings returned to Russia, that's what happened.
Her mother complied with the will of his daughter, the pictures were in the museum of the Academy.
With 12 years until the death of Mary leads the French journal, which later became famous and has repeatedly been translated into many languages, including the Russian. Diary imbued subtle psychological, romantic "quest for glory" and together with the tragic sense of doom.
At the beginning of XX century, this book was very popular in Russia, and the most famous fan of creativity and personality Bashkirtseva was Marina, a young man who corresponded with his mother Bashkirtseva (deceased in 1920) and dedicated memory Bashkirtseva his first collection of poems, "Evening album" .
In 1980 the National Library was discovered the original text of the diary, previously considered lost. In his study found that most of the diary Bashkirtseva unknown to the public, and already has published a number of gaps and obvious distortions (including the artist's birth year), made by his family, who did not want the announcement of their family secrets. Today is publishing the full text of the diary in French, as well as its English translation (available in the first part titled «I Am the Most Interesting Book of All». Is also expected to yield the second part of the English translation under the working title «Gloria Cupiditas»). Full edition for a new discloses the identity of Bashkirtseva, but also illuminates the life of the era.

The original work Bashkirtseva now are rare, because most of them perished during the Second World War when the bombing Gavrontsev.
The painting portrayed Maria and myself, in the very center of the picture, in a dark dress and hat, with a palette and a palette knife in his hand.
In 2004, celebrated 120 anniversary of the death of the singer and in the Principality of Liechtenstein was an exhibition of her works.
The work of our museum was the most wonderful, works photos printed on the front page of the exhibition catalog.
Next exhibition traveled to other countries.