Madeleine Lemaire

Madeleine Lemaire, née Coll (1845 – 8 April 1928) was a French painter specialized in elegant genre works, and flowers.[1] Robert de Montesquiou said she was The Empress of the Roses. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy.[2] She herself held a salon where she received high society in her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Monceau.

Madeleine Lemaire
Detail of the portrait of Madeleine Lemaire by Félix Nadar (1891)
Born	Madeleine Jeanne Coll 1845 Les Arcs, Var, France
Died	April 8, 1928 (aged 82–83) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting

Lemaire exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

George Painter stated in his book Marcel Proust she is one of the models of Proust's Madame Verdurin (In Search of Lost Time).

Links

• The Salon of Mme Madeleine Lemaire
• Madeleine Jeanne Lemaire - Artworks on The Athenaeum

References

1. Ellison, David (2010). A Reader's Guide to Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time'. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-72006-9.
2. Bales, Richard (2001). The Cambridge companion to Proust. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-521-66961-0.
3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 July 2018.

Gallery

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  Woman's Building Lemaire poster
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  Un moment musical - Madeleine Lemaire (1845-1928)
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  Roses - Madeleine Lemaire (1845-1928).jpg
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  Ophelia (1880), de Madeleine Lemaire (1845-1928)
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  La Volupté - Madeleine Lemaire (1845-1928)
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  Madeleine Lemaire, Phoebe (1896)