for tatyana shvets, author of a unique collection, this news was a real gift. the work of a native of the russian empire, who was taken to europe as a child and worked in france, about 20 years ago. the artist searched for personal belongings, diaries and works almost all over europe, but tatyana shvets did not hope to find the very first painting by maria bashkirtseva, which was even exhibited at the world exhibition in paris. it was a sensation for... us, because for almost 100 years it was not known even what this painting looked like, there was such a tiny black and white copy that absolutely did not convey this delight of colors, nor dina’s wonderful ash hair, nor her charming figures, a small black and white photograph, when we saw it in color, it was just delight. we were able to obtain published diaries from the collection. centuries were translated into all european languages, they were so popular among the public that russian artists even wanted to erect a monument in nice, where she lived for several years, plans were disrupted by the first world war.

for tatyana shvets, the author of the unique collection, this news was a real gift. a native of the russian empire, who was taken to europe as a child and worked in france, tatyana began collecting work about 20 years ago. personal items she searched for diaries and works by the artist almost all over europe, but tatyana found the very first painting by maria bashkirtseva, which was exhibited even at the world exhibition in paris. and i didn’t hope, it was a sensation for us, because for almost 100 years it was not known even what this picture looked like, it was such a tiny black and white copy that absolutely did not convey either this delight of colors, or dina’s wonderful ash hair, or her charming figure, a small black and white photograph, when we saw her in color, it was just a delight. only once in 1929, after which 127 works were sent to ukraine, but during the great patriotic war the collection was lost, and only three paintings were discovered. however, today bashkirtseva’s works are stored in the russian museum and the tretyakov gallery, as well as in franc

for tatyana shvets, the author of a unique collection, this news was a real gift: the work of a nativeported to as a child in europe, who worked in france, tatiana began collecting about 20 years ago... from the back, nor her charming figures, a small black and white photograph, when we saw it in color, it was just a delight. the collection managed to get the published diaries of maria bashkirtseva, which she began keeping at the age of 12; they were translated into all european languages ​​at the end of the 19th century. they were so popular among the public that the russian artist even wanted to erect a monument in nice, where she lived for several years; the plans were disrupted by the first world war. for that at the time, these diaries were very freedom-loving girls, that is, they were written about what was not customary to talk about at that time, she wrote about those feelings and emotions that a woman could not afford to express, for example, when she wanted something i didn’t like it, she really liked to blackmail her loved ones, that is, she could flare up, she could... it i