Polyxena Sergeyevna Solovyova was born on 20 March 1867 OS.
13 Facts About Polyxena Solovyova
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Polyxena Solovyova's father was a noted historian and the rector of the University of Moscow.
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Polyxena Solovyova's mother was from a Polish-Ukrainian family, who were related to the philosopher Gregory Skovoroda.
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Polyxena Solovyova was the youngest of 12 children, which included her brothers Vsevolod Solovyov and Vladimir.
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Polyxena Solovyova's education began at home and she was able to read and write by age 5.
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Polyxena Solovyova moved to Saint Petersburg in 1895, becoming involved with the literary circle which included Konstantin Balmont, Alexander Blok, Zinaida Gippius, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Konstantin Sluchevsky, among other Symbolist poets.
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In 1898, at a gathering of Symbolist poets in the home of Mikhail Petrovich Manasein, a professor at the Imperial Military Medical Academy, Polyxena Solovyova met him and his wife, Natalia.
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Polyxena Solovyova's works represent a wide range of styles, from imitations of children's sketches to Art Nouveau graphics.
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Polyxena Solovyova solicited drawings from other artists to enhance the layout of the magazine.
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Polyxena Solovyova taught for the Feodosia Department of Education and gave lectures in Koktebel at the People's University.
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Polyxena Solovyova was ill and almost immediately underwent an operation, but her health continued to decline.
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Polyxena Solovyova died on 16 August 1924 in Moscow and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Polyxena Solovyova was reintroduced as a figure of Russia's Silver Age in 1999, when Tatyana Nikitichna Zhukovskaya and Elena Albertovna Kallo compiled a book, Sub Rosa for Ellis Lak publishing in 1999.