Marie Bashkirtseff

Place: Gavrontsi

Born: 1858

Death: 1884

Biography:

Marie Bashkirtseff (Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva Russian: Мария Константиновна Башки́рцева), was a Russian diarist, painter, and sculptor. Bashkirtseff was born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsi near Poltava to a wealthy noble family, but her parents separated when she was quite young. As a result, she grew up mostly abroad, trave...