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.^[1]

Marie Vassilieff
Born	(1884-02-12)February 12, 1884 Smolensk, Russia
Died	May 14, 1957(1957-05-14) (aged 73) Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Other names	Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts
Movement	Cubism

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovna and the family name is Vassilieva.

Marie Vassilieff (c. 1918) in a portrait by Amedeo Modigliani

She was born on February 12, 1884 in Smolensk, Russia.^[2] 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.^[3]

In 1910 she co-founded the Academie Russe in Paris. Several years later she left that school and founded Academie Vassilieff also in Paris.^[4] 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.^[3]

Vassilieff died on May 14, 1957 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France.^[5]

Her property. Villa Vassilieff, at 21 Avenue du Maine has served as a gallery, a museum (Musée du Montparnasse), and study center.^[6][7]