Elena Guro

Elena Genrikhovna Guro (Russian: Еле́на Ге́нриховна Гуро́; in marriage Matyushina (Russian: Матюшина); January 10, 1877 – May 6, 1913) was a Russian Futurist painter, playwright, poet, and writer of fiction. Guro was born in St. Petersburg on January 10, 1877. Her father was Genrikh Stepanovich Guro, an officer in the Imperial Russian Army of French descent. Her mother Anna Mikhailovna Chistyakova was a talented amateur artist. Guro spent her childhood in the village of Novosely near Pskov and at her father's estate in Luga. She inherited a government pension and property in Finland from her father, using both to support her artistic career. Her sister Ekaterina was also a writer. From 1890 to 1893 she studied art at the Society for the...