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Dina Vierny, Model And Muse For Art's Masters [audio 7 min 17 sec]

Henri Matisse made drawings of her, with spare, pure lines. Aristide Maillol sculpted her in bronze.

And these days, in France, the muse of those 20th-century artists — Dina Vierny — speaks of them with affection and clarity. Vierny was Maillol's last model, and has opened a museum named for him in Paris.
Read entire article at National Public Radio: Morning Edition