| Marie Vassilieff | |
| Other Names: | Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva |
| Birth Date: | February 12, 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Smolensk, Russia |
| Death Place: | Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
| Movement: | Cubism |
| Alma Mater: | Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts |
Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva (Russian: Мария Ивановна Васильева), (1884-1957), better known as Marie Vassilieff, was a Russian-born painter and set designer active in Paris.[1]
She was born on February 12, 1884 in Smolensk, Russia.[2] She attended the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. She also studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she was taught by Henri Matisse.[3]
In 1910 she co-founded the Academie Russe in Paris. Several years later she left that school and founded Academie Vassilieff also in Paris.[4] Academie Vassilieff located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris (Montparnasse), became a popular place, and during World War I Vassilieff turned the property into a canteen (cafeteria) serving inexpensive meals to artist in the neighborhood.[3]
Vassilieff died on May 14, 1957 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France.[5]
Her property. Villa Vassilieff, at 21 Avenue du Maine has served as a gallery, a museum (Musée du Montparnasse), and study center.[6] [7]