Portrait

1915–1962 · Bopæl

Paris

1919

Settles in Paris for good

After years in Switzerland, Paris and Rome, Goncharova and Larionov settled in Paris for good (other sources say 1921). She later remarked: “I wanted to go East, and ended up in the West.”

1921

Illustrates “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”

The Paris publisher Éditions de la Sirène issued Pushkin's tale in Claude Anet's French translation with Goncharova's illustrations; “The Tale of Igor's Campaign” with her drawings followed in 1923.

1921

The Paris Salon d'Automne

Goncharova exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and from then on took part regularly in the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Indépendants.

1922–1926

Fashion designs for Maison Myrbor

For Marie Cuttoli's Paris shop Maison Myrbor on the Rue Vincent, Goncharova designed richly embroidered and appliquéd dresses inspired by Russian folk art, Byzantine mosaics and her work for the Ballets Russes.