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Russian Women Painters: 1893 Exposition Compiled by K. L. Nichols

Russian Women Painters

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Olga Bariatinsky
Olga Beggrow-Hartmann
Princess Imiretinski
Mlle. Kraneskoi
Olga Lagoda-Shishkina
Mlle. Olsonfieff
Yelena Polenova
Elena Karlovna Vrangel

Princess Olga Bariatinsky ( ?? - ?? )
 

Still Life--representative work
 

Portrait of Prince Bariatinsky--exhibited in
 the Women's Building, 1893 Exposition

Princess Olga Bariatinsky was a Russian painter.  No other information is available online.
 

Olga Feodorovna Beggrow-Hartmann (1862-1922)
 

 An einen Brunnen gelehnt stehender weiblicher Akt
 mit Flügeln, einen Schmetterling beobachtend--
representative work
 

[title unknown]--representative work
 

It is unclear which works were exhibited
 in the Women's Bulding, 1893 Exposition.

Olga Beggrow-Hartmann was born in Heidelberg and active in Stuttgard, St. Petersburg, and München.  Her paintings were shown as part of the Russian Exhibition at the 1893 Exposition.
 

Princess Imiretinski
 

Landscape--exhibited in the Women's
 Building, 1893 Exposition
 

Landscape--exhibited in the Women's
 Building, 1893 Exposition

Princess Imiretinski was a Russian painter.  No other information is available online.
 

Mlle. Kraneskoi ( ?? - ?? )
 

Her Majesty Empress of Russia--exhibited in
 the Women's Building, 1893 Exposition

Mlle. Kraneskoi was a Russian artist.  No other information is available online.

Olga Antonova Lagoda-Shishkina (1850-1881)

A Girl among Wild Flowers --
representative work.
 

It is unclear which works were exhibited
in the Women's Building, 1893 Exposition.

Olga Lagoda-Shishkina was one of the first professional women painters in Russia.  She was married to the painter Ivan Shishkin.  No other information is available online.

Mlle. Olsonfieff ( ?? - ?? )
 

The Banks of the Oka--exhibited in the Library of
the Women's Building,1893 Exposition

Mlle. Olsonfieff was a Russian painter.  No more information is available online.

Yelena (Dmitrievna) Polenova (1850 - 1898)
[Listed as "Helena Polenoff" in the official 1893 Exposition records]
 

[title unknown]--representative work
 

Zhar-ptitsa [Firebird]--
representative work

After the Bath and Before the Examination
(images unavailable)--
exhibited at the 1893 Exposition.

Born in Moscow, Yelena (or Elena) Polenova studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris.  With the women's activist Nadezhda Stasova, she organized women's craft courses in St. Petersburg.  Later in Moscow, she became involved with the Abramtsevo circle for which she and Savva Mamontov organized a carpentry and wood-carving studio; she designed furniture and carvings. Her illustrations for Russian folk tales (see above) helped define the Russian version of Art Nouveau by the turn-of-the century.

Elena Karlovna Vrangel ( 1835 - 1906 )
[Listed as "Helena Wrangel" in the official 1893 Exposition records]
 

Landscape--representative work
 

Arabian Motif--representative work
 

Landscape and Winter (images unavailable)--
exhibited in Fine Arts Palace, 1893 Exposition

Elena Karlovna Vrangel was a landscape and animal painter who studied with Vladimir Shervud in Moscow. No other information is available online.
 

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