Maria Raevskaia-Ivanova | |
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Раєвська-Іванова Марія Дмитрівна | |
Born | 1840 |
Died | October 1912 |
Known for | Painter, art teacher, first woman in the Russian Empire awarded the title of "Free Artist" |
Maria Dmitriyvna Raevska-Ivanova (Ukrainian: Марія Дмитрівна Раєвська-Іванова; 1840, near Gavrilovka, Izyumsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate – October 1912, in Kharkov) was a Ukrainian painter and art teacher. In 1868 she became the first woman in the Russian Empire to be awarded the title of "Free Artist" by the Imperial Academy of Arts.[1]