Margarita Morozova

Margarita Morozova
Born
Margarita Kirillovna Mamontova

(1873-11-03)November 3, 1873
DiedOctober 3, 1958(1958-10-03) (aged 83)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Patron of arts, memoirist, publisher

Margarita Kirillovna Morozova (née Ma′montova; Маргари′та Кири′лловна Моро′зова, November 3 [o.s. October 22], 1873, – October 3, 1958) was a prominent Russian philanthropist, patron of arts, publisher, editor and memoirist. She was a co-founder of the Moscow-based Religious and Philosophical Society (1905–1918) and the director of the Russian Musical Society. She was the wife of art critic and collector Mikhail Morozov, and a socialite whose portraits were painted by Valentin Serov and Nikolai Bodarevsky, among others.