Vera de Bosset
Vera de Bosset From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Vera Stravinsky ) Jump to navigation Jump to search Vera de Bosset by Serge Sudeikin Vera de Bosset Stravinsky (January 7, 1889 [1] – September 17, 1982) was a Russian -born American dancer and artist. She is better known as the mistress and, ultimately, second wife of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky , who married her in 1940. Life [ edit ] Vera de Bosset was born Vera Bosse, the daughter of Eduard Bosse (* 19. October 1854 in Saese by Tamsal; † 27. jun 1927 in Riga) [2] and Hedwig von Ruckteschel (* 24. April 1866 in Kiew; † 17. April 1938 in Riga). [3] Both parents were Baltic German nobility. [4] She was sent to boarding school in Moscow, where she learned how to play piano. [5] Vera allegedly changed her name to the French "Bosset" to hide her German ancestry. Sh...