Princess Maria Klavdievna Tenisheva (née Pyatkovskaya, in the first marriage – Nikolaeva, was a Russian noblewoman, primarily renowned for her work as philanthropist and art collector during tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II's reigns. Maria Tenisheva is notable as the founder of the Art studio in Saint Petersburg, and the Drawing School at the Museum of Russian antiquity in Smolensk, handicraft college in Bezhitsa town, as well as by artistic and industrial workshops held in her own estate of Talashkino.
- Occupation
- painter, collector, visual artist, philanthropist
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- June 1, 1858, May 20, 1858
- Died
