‘Famous then forgotten’: can Frieze rescue the legions of lost female painters?

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Their work dazzled the world – but was obliterated from history. As the giant art fair Frieze opens in London, we explore its historic new section aiming to write women back into the story of art

Amy Fleming

Tuesday 10 October 2023

Down a leafy mews in Montparnasse where the windows and doorways are heavilyfringed with vines, you can still find a tantalising hint of old Paris. Villa Vassilieff is where the Russian-born painter Marie Vassilieff, who studied with Matisse, opened an art school and a canteen to feed the city’s cash-strapped artists – who at that time included Giacometti and Picasso.