What is Natalia Goncharova?
{{Infobox artist | name = Natalia Goncharova | image = Natalia Goncharova (self-portrait, 1907, GTG).jpg | image_size = | caption = Self-portrait, 1907 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1881|6|16}} | birth_place = Negaevo, Tula Province, Russia | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|17|1881|6|16}} | death_place = Paris, France | nationality = [[Russia]]n; then [[French people|French]] | field = Painting, [[Costume]] [[design]], [[writer]], [[illustrator]], set design | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = }} [[File:Cyclist (Goncharova, 1913).jpg|thumb|right|230px| ''The Cyclist'', 1913, with cubist and futurist influences]] [[File:Natalia Goncharova. St. John in Lithurgy (1915).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Goncharova's design for St John. Part of a commission by [[Diaghilev]] for the ballet ''The Liturgy'']] '''Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova''' <ref>[[Russian language|Russian]]: Ната́лья Серге́евна Гончаро́ва. Pronunciation: nɐˈtalʲjə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ɡənt͡ɕɐˈrovə</ref> (16 June 1881 {{ndash}} 17 October 1962)<ref>Or born Ladyzhino, 4 June 1881. Crane, Debra and Mackrell, Judith 2000. ''The Oxford dictionary of dance''. p208</ref> was a [[Russia]]n [[Painting|painter]], [[designer]] and writer. She was an [[avant-garde]] artist: her art styles were influenced by [[fauvism]], [[cubism]] and [[futurism]]. As a designer she was notable for her set and [[costume]] creations for [[ballet]] and [[theatre]].<ref name=Deb>Crane, Debra and Mackrell, Judith 2000. ''The Oxford dictionary of dance''. p208</ref> Goncharova holds the world record for the price paid for a work of art by a woman.<ref name=Bridget>[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27606/artist-dossier-natalia-goncharova/ Moriarity, Bridget 2009. ''Artist Dossier: Natalie Goncharova'']</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=A Monet sets a record: $80.4 million | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/arts/design/25auct.html?em&ex=1214625600&en=49db27f2e86469c1&ei=50