Muse Gallery
A Gallery of Marina’s art muses to date, which will be added to as new creations emerge. Click on any image to view muses as a slide show.
Gabriele Münter
Only a “side dish to Kandinsky” ?
Read her fascinating story here
Jane Avril & Toulouse-Lautrec
Read her amazing story Here*
EUPHEMIA GRAY, EFFIE RUSKIN, LADY MILLAIS
EFFIE
Read her full story here
The Essential Fanny Cornforth,
A Pre-Raphaelite muse
Read her recently revealed story here*
Bella, Chagall’s Eternal Muse
Discover The Love Story of Bella and Chagall*
Georgiana Burne-Jones
Read Georgiana’s story here*
Wally Neuzil, muse of Egon Schiele
Read about Wally Neuzil here*
Vermeer’s mystery muse, a girl with a pearl earring
Read The Mystery girl’s story *
Jeanne Hébuterne artist and muse of Modigliani
Read Jeanne’s story*
Beatrice Flaxman, muse of John William Waterhouse
Discover Beatrice and other J.W.W. muses here*
Lizzie Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite artist and Muse
Read Lizzie’s story here*

Lizzie muse in Rossetti’s painting of her as Beata Beatrix, poet Dante Alighieri’s tragic heroine. Here the red dove symbolises love and the white poppy represents opium, the source of laudanum and Lizzie’s undoing. It is a poignant portrayal of Lizzie, the original by Rossetti, can be seen at the end of her story, where it belongs chronologically.
Dora Maar, Surrealist artist and muse of Picasso
Discover Dora’s story here*
Mona Lisa, muse of Leonardo da Vinci
Lisa’s story can be read here*
Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s muse
To read about Marie-Thérèse click here*
Teha’amana, Gauguin’s Tahitian muse and young wife
Discover more about Gauguin’s young muse*
Lydia Delectorskaya, Matisse’s muse Discover Lydia Delectorskaya’s story here*
Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist & her own muse
Discover Frida’s story here*
Fanny Eaton, a little known Pre-Raphaelite muse
Read Fanny’s intriguing story*
Jane Morris Pre-Raphaelite muse
Jane’s story starts here*
Simonetta Vespucci, Botticelli’s muse
Discover the ‘Super Model’ Simonetta*
Emilie Flöge, Viennese bohemian and Klimt’s muse Read the story of Emilie here*
Bella, Chagall’s wife and artistic muse
Read about Bella here*

Marina..its lovely to see how far your artistic talent can reach…I love them all…
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You made my day. Such beauty in a world too often ugly.
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Very clever series —you picked all the right muses [well, you might have thrown in Camille Claudel —but perhaps you were restricting yourself to women who inspired painters]. In any event, your work is magical. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Thank you Michael, I have many more muses I wish to research and add to my collection. I am aware of Camille Claude and she is someone I’d like to study in future. Your feedback is welcome, I am grateful it is so positive.
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I look forward to following your work, Marina —very compelling mixture of discipline, flamboyance and romance [a combination that’s pretty difficult to criticize] .
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