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Bashkirtseff

British  
/ bəʃˈkjirtsəf /

noun

  1. Marie , original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva . 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)

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The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.

From Young Lives by Richard Le Gallienne

In one poem she apostrophizes Marie Bashkirtseff as warring with vast genius against unknown powers, but who now is in her coffin among worms, her skull grinning and showing its teeth.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall

A friendship had grown up between the families Bashkirtseff and Bastien-Lepage.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

In 1885 the works of Marie Bashkirtseff were exhibited.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

All she envied Marie Bashkirtseff was her opportunity.

From Young Lives by Richard Le Gallienne

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