books0977:At a Book (c.1882). Marie Bashkirtseff (Ukrainian, 1858-1884). Oil on canvas.
books0977: At a Book (c.1882). Marie Bashkirtseff (Ukrainian, 1858-1884). Oil on canvas. Kharkiv Art Museum. Bashkirtseff attended the Académie Julian, one of the few European art schools that accepted women. Bashkirtseff kept a journal, which documented the struggles of a woman artist of her time. It was published under the title, I Am the Most Interesting Book of All. She also published writing for the feminist newspaper, La Citoyenne. -- source link