Assia Granatouroff was born in the Ukraine in 1911 of Jewish heritage. Her family fled revolutionary Russia and settled in France in 1922. After studying textile design she began working as a model in 1930. This proved so successful that it financed a theatrical and film career. With the invasion of France she fled to Marseilles but was arrested by the Gestapo. However she managed to escape and joined the Resistance. After the war she took to producing esoteric artworks inspired by the Tarot.
The photographs of Assia have an almost sculptural quality, emphasising Assia’s full, powerful figure and the statuesque nature of her Amazonian beauty.
She’s gorgeous.
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She is that…amazing how fashions and tastes change
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I can only imagine it’s quite a bit more fun being a model than working in textile design. (The photos you use for your posts are great, by the way.)
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Yes its hard to imagine such a stunning beauty stuck away in some drab factory office …thank you so much for the compliment the aesthetics are very important to me…maybe I should concentrate on my grammar a bi t more and the choosing of photo’s less
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“imagine such a stunning beauty stuck away in some drab factory office”
I think there were and are lots of these… never having the chance to surface.
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You are absolutely right…life is all about chance
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wow, I like these photos. The one where her head is tipped back is so gorgeous.
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They are lovely photos. She was a stunning model.
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The shadow hand….
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That photo is mysterious
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