Margarita Morozova | |
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Born | Margarita Kirillovna Mamontova November 3, 1873 |
Died | October 3, 1958 Moscow, USSR | (aged 83)
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation(s) | Patron of arts, memoirist, publisher |
Margarita Kirillovna Morozova (née Ma′montova; Маргари′та Кири′лловна Моро′зова, November 3 [o.s. October 22], 1873, – October 3, 1958) was a prominent Russian philanthropist, patron of arts, publisher, editor and memoirist. She was a co-founder of the Moscow-based Religious and Philosophical Society (1905–1918) and the director of the Russian Musical Society.[1] She was the wife of art critic and collector Mikhail Morozov, and a socialite whose portraits were painted by Valentin Serov and Nikolai Bodarevsky, among others.[2]