1. Virginia Edith Haggard was a British artist, author, and photographer.
13 Facts About Virginia Haggard
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Virginia Haggard is known for her seven-year relationship with renowned artist Marc Chagall, as well as her own work as a portrait photographer and writer.
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Virginia Haggard was born on 19 July 1915 in Paris, France, to Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, a British diplomat, and Georgianna Marie Ruel from Quebec, Canada.
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Virginia Haggard's upbringing was shaped by her father's diplomatic postings in places such as Bolivia and Cuba.
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Virginia Haggard was fluent in multiple languages and developed an early interest in art.
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In 1945, Virginia met Marc Chagall while working as his housekeeper following the death of his wife Bella.
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Virginia Haggard took her son with her to Belgium and gave up 18 works by the artist, donated to her at different times, leaving for herself just two of his drawings.
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Virginia Haggard married Belgian photographer Charles Marie Leon Leirens later that year but was widowed in 1963.
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From 1964 until his death in 1999, Virginia Haggard lived with Henri Storck.
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Virginia Haggard Leirens died in Brussels in October 2006 at the age of 91.
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Virginia Haggard became an accomplished portrait photographer and documented many aspects of her life with Chagall through her lens.
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Virginia Haggard's daughter, Jean McNeil, is a painter residing in Wivenhoe, near Colchester, known for her East Anglian landscapes and seascapes.
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Virginia Haggard's son, David McNeil, is a composer, filmmaker, writer, and singer-songwriter, currently living in France.