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From: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Date: 19990101
Author:IAN CHILVERS
Goncharova, Natalia (1881–1962).
Russian-French painter, graphic artist, and designer, born in Tula province, near Moscow, into a distinguished family (she was related to Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet). From 1898 to 1902 she studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Initially she trained as a sculptor (she was taught by Trubetskoy ), but in 1900 she met her fellow student Mikhail Larionov , who encouraged her to turn to painting. They became lifelong companions and in the years leading up to the First World War were among the most ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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