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This sanguine portrait of Salomé Andronikova is undoubtedly one of Alexandre Iacovleff's finest works from the 1920s. Having settled in Paris in 1920, Iacovleff's charming manners, charisma and elegant style ensured his rapid acceptance into Parisian aristocratic society. By this time Salomé Andronikova was already known as a muse of the Russian Silver Age.
Born in 1888 in Tiflis into a Georgian noble family, Andronikova moved to St Petersburg in 1906 and remained until 1917, living in her father's huge apartment on Vasilievsky Island, where she held a literary salon attended by many of the great artistic and literary figures of the age. Her beauty and intelligence inspired Mandelshtam, to dedicate verses to his 'Solominka', or 'little straw' as she was known, while Anna Akhmatova presented her with one of her books, inscribed 'In hope for friendship'.
When she met Zinoviy Peshkov, the adopted son of Maxim Gorky, and brother of Yakov Sverdlov, he immediately fell in love with her and proposed marriage. Andronikova's parents opposed the marriage on economic grounds and instead she married Pavel Andreev, a famously wealthy tea merchant who was 18 years her senior. Pechkov however remained close to Andronikova and insisted she come to Paris in 1921 where she subsequently began working for the fashion magazine LU et VU (edited by Lucien Vogel). It was in Paris that Andronikova provided crucial financial support to Marina Tsvetaeva who was in desperate economic straits: every month Andronikova would give Tsvetaeva 400 francs from her 1000 franc salary. During this 'Parisian period' of her life Andronikova was also painted by Zinaida Serebriakova (1924, Tbilisi Museum) and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1925, State Tretyakov Gallery).
In 1925, Salomé married her old friend, the lawyer Alexander Halpern who had been exiled from Soviet Union. When Halpern was invited to work in London in 1945, the family moved to England where Andronikova remained until her death in May 1982 at the age of 94.
Born in 1888 in Tiflis into a Georgian noble family, Andronikova moved to St Petersburg in 1906 and remained until 1917, living in her father's huge apartment on Vasilievsky Island, where she held a literary salon attended by many of the great artistic and literary figures of the age. Her beauty and intelligence inspired Mandelshtam, to dedicate verses to his 'Solominka', or 'little straw' as she was known, while Anna Akhmatova presented her with one of her books, inscribed 'In hope for friendship'.
When she met Zinoviy Peshkov, the adopted son of Maxim Gorky, and brother of Yakov Sverdlov, he immediately fell in love with her and proposed marriage. Andronikova's parents opposed the marriage on economic grounds and instead she married Pavel Andreev, a famously wealthy tea merchant who was 18 years her senior. Pechkov however remained close to Andronikova and insisted she come to Paris in 1921 where she subsequently began working for the fashion magazine LU et VU (edited by Lucien Vogel). It was in Paris that Andronikova provided crucial financial support to Marina Tsvetaeva who was in desperate economic straits: every month Andronikova would give Tsvetaeva 400 francs from her 1000 franc salary. During this 'Parisian period' of her life Andronikova was also painted by Zinaida Serebriakova (1924, Tbilisi Museum) and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1925, State Tretyakov Gallery).
In 1925, Salomé married her old friend, the lawyer Alexander Halpern who had been exiled from Soviet Union. When Halpern was invited to work in London in 1945, the family moved to England where Andronikova remained until her death in May 1982 at the age of 94.