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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Alison Hird

‘We became more Russian than we were,’ says Moscow-born artist in Paris

Russian-born artist Masha Schmidt in her studio in Paris. © Masha.Schmidt.com

Painter Masha Schmidt always saw herself as a citizen of the world, but the war in Ukraine has forced her to identify as Russian and to rediscover a sense of purpose in her art.

Schmidt is one of around 53,000 Russians living in France, including 3,500 or so in the capital.

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