1858 -1884 · Ukraine, Nice and Paris

Fierce ambition, naturalistic outlook and self-awareness make Marie Bashkirtseff a dazzling figure in painting and writing in the 19th century.

Marie Bashkirtseff was born in Gavrontsy, Ukraine then integrated into the Russian Empire, in 1858 and died in Paris in 1884. Coming from an aristocratic family, she traveled across Europe before settling in Nice then in Paris. Her artistic project took shape in a society which still denied women normal access to the School of Fine Arts. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one of the rare Parisian institutions to offer them academic education based on the living model. In 1877, she entered the Académie Julian, one observe faces, clothes and social environments with precision. A meeting, presented at the Salon of 1884, gave a group of street boys the gravity of a political assembly. His Self-Portrait with Palette affirms with the same force his professional identity: the frontal gaze, the painter's tools and the dark outfit refuse the decorative role assigned to women artists. Bashkirtseff also keeps a vast Journal, published after her death, where she analyzes her ambition, her work and social obstacles. Carried away by tuberculosis at twenty-five, she left a brief but decisive work, published after her death, where she analyzes her ambition, her work and social obstacles. Carried away by tuberculosis at twenty-five, she left behind a vast Journal, published after her death, where she analyzes her ambition, her work and social obstacles. Carried away by tuberculosis at twenty-five, she left behind a vast Journal, published after her death, where she analyzes her ambition, her work and social obstacles. Carried away by tuberculosis at twenty-five, she left behind a work brief but decisive, now reread in the light of her feminist commitment. The selection " Marie Bashkirtseff notably compares Self-portrait. His reading favors details.

Bashkirtseff represents herself less to fix her features than to declare a vocation: in front of the canvas, she is first and foremost a painter at work.