The following biography is submitted by Anne B. Trites of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Her mother was a close friend of the artist, Barbara Rode, and this biography according to Trites "comes from Barbara via her daughter, Irene Orbeliani, who was also a gifted painter. . . Her daughter, Irene (Irini in Russian) Leonidovna married Prince Andre Alekseevich Orbeliani, who was a "Prince of Russia' but through the vagaries of war became persona non grata (not to mention being on an elimination list by his enemies.) They saw Canada as their saviour and did not use their titles or formal names there. Settling where they did in Canada, rather than in a large city was clever and the family were wonderful assets to the...