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Mademoiselle de Villevieille

Basic Aktualizováno: 2025-12-06

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-12-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1882-05-01

Overview

Mademoiselle de Villevieille was a fellow student at the Académie Julian with noble origins (indicated by the "de" particle). She was a consistent companion of Marie's during artistic outings and Salon visits.

Relevance to Marie

Villevieille served as:

  • Art companion for research expeditions
  • Salon visit companion
  • Fellow serious female artist from aristocratic background

References in Diary

  • November 1880: Accompanied Marie to the Dominican monastery on Faubourg Saint-Honoré to research her planned painting of monk expulsions. Found the entrance "ordinary and not suitable for the painting."
  • April 30, 1882: Attended the Salon vernissage with Marie, Alice, and Webb
  • May 1, 1882: Accompanied Marie to the Salon

Significance

Her presence as a fellow art student shows that young women from aristocratic families were pursuing serious artistic training at Julian's atelier. For Marie, she represented both a fellow artist and social peer.

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