Dina Vierny

Dina Vierny ( born January 25, 1919 in Chisinau, Romania, Moldova today, † January 20, 2009 in Paris) was a French art dealer, art collector, museum director and art model.

Dina Vierny grew up as the child of a Jewish family in Bessarabia. At the age of 15 she was the model and muse for the then 73 -year-old sculptor Aristide Maillol. For Maillol Vierny was the last ten years of his life most important source of inspiration. Also for Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard was Vierny model.

After Maillol's death Vierny collected his sculptures as well as the works of contemporaries such as Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Ilya Kabakov and Vladimir Yankilevsky. These are now on display at the Musée Maillol, donated by her in Paris.