Marie Bashkirtseff

Noëlle Brown (Kennesaw State University)

Ed. by Elisabeth Gerwin, University of Lethbridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

Born 11 Nov 1859
Died 31 Oct 1884
Activity 1877-1884

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Born in Ukraine
Active in France

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Marie Bashkirtseff was a Ukrainian-born painter and diary-writer whose depictions of herself and her society can help us understand Paris of the 1870s-1880s. Bashkirtseff painted numerous works of Realist and Naturalist art with the Académie Julian in Paris; however, she is primarily remembered for her

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written from 1873-1884, and for the way that her words were heavily edited upon their first publication. Her mother and her editor censored anything that was “unacceptable” (Rémy, 16), or that could harm the image of her family and the legend that her mother wished to craft, including Bashkirtseff’s real age at the time of writing (Brown, “Marie Bashkirtseff”). Although much of her art was destroyed during World War II for reasons unknown, the pieces that remain have…

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Citation: Brown, Noëlle. "Marie Bashkirtseff". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 August 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15262, accessed 22 November 2024.]