Marie Vassilieff (Russian 1884-1957)
In 1909 Vassilieff founded her own Académie Vassilieff, which became a popular rendezvous for the most progressive literary and artistic personages in the city. Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Salmon and Jacob were all habitués. Leger gave a series of lectures there in 1913. Marie Vassilieff was most successful during the period when Cubism reached its peak. In the late 1920's she held a one-man show in London, Italy and the Midi, where she then lived. In Paris she showed her work frequently at the Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne and Salon d'es Tuileries. In 1979 her work was included in a Paris Moscow exhibition held at the Centre George Pompidou, Paris.
