Her real name was something like "Vernikova". She was born in 1919 and left her motherland with her parents during the civil war. When she was fifteen years old she met Aristide Maillol, the French-Catalan sculptor and painter. Maillol was 73. Dina became his young nymphet muse. She was acquainted with Matisse and Picasso. Upon Maillol's death she became his sole heiress - he bequeathed her all his collections, gallery and so on. Dina Verni's songs appeared in USSR in 1970. Of course they were illegal. Nobody knows why Dina decided to sing thieves' slang son… read more
Her real name was something like "Vernikova". She was born in 1919 and left her motherland with her parents during the civil war. When she was fifteen years old she met Aristide Maillol, the French-Catalan sculptor and painter. Maillol was 73. Dina became his young nymphet muse. She… read more
Her real name was something like "Vernikova". She was born in 1919 and left her motherland with her parents during the civil war. When she was fifteen years old she met Aristide Maillol, the French-Catalan sculptor and painter. Maillol was 73. Dina became his young nymphet muse. She was acquainted with Matisse and Picasso. Upon Maillol's death she … read more