Bashkirtseff
noun
marie, original name marya konstantinovna bashkirtseva. 1858–84, russian painter and diarist who wrote in french, noted esp for her journal (1887)
historical examples
he understood her soul, though afterward cooled when he discovered the reality of the bashkirtseff legend.
egoists james huneker
but the bashkirtseff, with her voluptuous body and her attractive personality, is after all a bit ordinary.
the story of mary maclane mary maclane
the egregious miss bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate esther.
young lives richard le gallienne
at one time mlle. bashkirtseff had suffered with her eyes, and, getting better of that, she had an attack of deafness.
women in the fine arts, from the seventh century b.c. to the twentieth century a.d. clara erskine clement
it is probable that the “meeting” received no medal because it was suspected that mlle. bashkirtseff had been aided in her work.
women in the fine arts, from the seventh century b.c. to the twentieth century a.d. clara erskine clement
a friendship had grown up between the families bashkirtseff and bastien-lepage.
women in the fine arts, from the seventh century b.c. to the twentieth century a.d. clara erskine clement
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