Dina Vierny
Dina Vierny (born January 25, 1919 in Chișinău , Romania , today Moldova , † January 20, 2009 in Paris ) was a French art dealer, art collector, museum director and art model .
Dina Vierny grew up as a child of a Jewish family in Bessarabia . At the age of 15 she became a model and muse for the then 73-year-old sculptor Aristide Maillol . For Maillol, Vierny was the main source of inspiration for the last ten years of his life. Vierny also stood as a model for Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard .
After Maillol's death Vierny collected his sculptures as well as the works of contemporaries such as Henri Matisse , Pierre Bonnard , Marcel Duchamp , Wassily Kandinsky , Ilya Kabakov and Vladimir Yankilevsky . These are exhibited today in the Musée Maillol in Paris, which she donated .
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| SURNAME | Vierny, Dina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French art dealer, museum director and art model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chișinău , Romania , now Moldova |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2009 |
| Place of death | Paris |