Ehrenbourg-Mannati, Nathalie, 1884-1979

Nathalie Ehrenbourg Mannati (1884-1979) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to an émigré Russian Jewish family. The Soviet writer Ilya Erenberg was her cousin. At the age of 19, she came to Paris and studied with the Symbolist painter Maurice Denis. Subsequently, she became involved in the Paris fashion industry and collected and promoted Russian folk art through articles and exhibitions. Her prints were exhibited at least twice in Paris: in 1913, at the Salon d’automne; and in 1960, at the Musée pedagogique national. She collected Russian lubok prints, or lubki, one hundred of which became part of the collections at Houghton Library, Harvard University in 1961.