Marie Wassilieff

With no financial prospects and with the new war regulations increasing the cost of most goods, NH and Edgar/Roald survived off stew from a neighbouring soup-kitchen. Marie Wassilieff also fed a number of local artists...

NH scheduled her daily routine around Marie Wassilieff 's studio: she would paint from the models there in the mornings, explore the museums in the afternoon, and return in the early evening to the studio...

NH cultivated a friendship with Marie Wassilieff , a Russian painter, who also ran a prominent art academy at her studio on Avenue de Maine.

In Paris NH quickly re-acquainted herself with old friends and met new ones, re-establishing her presence at the popular cafés. She re-connected with Marie Wassilieff , Zadkine , Brancusi , Aleister Crowley , and others...