Anne Rose Suzanne Louviot was born in Nancy in 1849. She was the daughter of a woman who worked as a laundress in Marshal Francois Certain De Canrobert's household, and of an unknown father. Her laundress mother sold her 15-year-old daughter's virginity to Canrobert, so that her daughter would become Canorbert's mistress and receive an annuity for life of 500 francs per month. When she turned 16, this enabled her to go in Paris, where she started a brief career as an actress. She played light comedies at The Théâtre des Variétés; the role of her lifetime there was the Venus Anadyomene, posing naked on her shell; at the Théâtre du Châtelet, she also played Offenbach's féeries.[citation needed]
In 1874, after becoming a high-class prostitute, she met Thomas W. Evans, an extremely wealthy American dental surgeon who tended to many high-profile people, and even royal families. He made her his mistress and helped her settle down at 52, rue de Rome, where she held her “salon”, hosting all of the Parisian artistic avant-garde. Through this occasion, she became the mistress of Francois Coppée, Stéphane Mallarmé, Antonin Proust, as well as Edouard Manet's mistress and model.[citation needed]
When Laurent died, she bequeathed her wealth to Victor Margueritte, her last favorite and "protégé", with the exception of her allegoric portrait of Autumn[2] (a painting by Manet, begun in 1882), which went to the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy.
The "salon" she ran was a place of exchanges which boosted the creative steps of those who patronized it: one could find there Edouard Manet and Henri Gervex, but also poets and writers such as Stéphane Mallarmé, François Coppée, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Marcel Proust (the author painted Méry Laurent's portrait through Odette de Crécy's character in "Swann in Love",[3]) or even Zola (who based his 1880 novel Nana on Méry Laurent). She also received sculptors, lyrical artists and musicians, such as Hortense Schneider and Reynaldo Hahn. Hahn would go on to become her testamentary executor.
Her portraits by Edouard Manetedit
Autumn, Portrait Of Méry Laurent in a Brown Fur Cape, 1881
^"Autumn (Study of Mery Laurent), 1882 - Edouard Manet". www.wikiart.org.
^In 1880, Thomas W. Evans offered to Méry Laurent a house at 9 boulevard Lannes in Talus. The Swann's family house in Marcel Proust's novel was inspired by Mery Laurent's house.
Further readingedit
Francoise Cachin, Manet, 1832–1883, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York 1983, (ISBN2-07-074438-8)
External linksedit
Media related to Méry Laurent at Wikimedia Commons
WorldCat
March 12, 2024
méry, laurent, born, anne, rose, suzanne, louviot, born, april, 1849, nancy, november, 1900, demi, mondaine, courtesan, muse, several, parisian, artists, used, salon, where, hosted, many, french, even, american, writers, painters, time, stéphane, mallarmé, Émi. Mery Laurent born Anne Rose Suzanne Louviot born 29 April 1849 Nancy d 26 November 1900 was a demi mondaine courtesan and the muse of several Parisian artists She used to run her own salon where she hosted many French and even American writers and painters of her time Stephane Mallarme Emile Zola Marcel Proust Francois Coppee Henri Gervex James Whistler and Edouard Manet 1 Mery LaurentBornAnne Rose Suzanne Louviot29 April 1849Nancy FranceDied26 November 1900Paris FranceNationalityFrenchKnown forDemimonde artist s model salonniere Contents 1 Biography 2 Her Salon 3 Her portraits by Edouard Manet 4 References 4 1 Further reading 4 1 1 External linksBiography editAnne Rose Suzanne Louviot was born in Nancy in 1849 She was the daughter of a woman who worked as a laundress in Marshal Francois Certain De Canrobert s household and of an unknown father Her laundress mother sold her 15 year old daughter s virginity to Canrobert so that her daughter would become Canorbert s mistress and receive an annuity for life of 500 francs per month When she turned 16 this enabled her to go in Paris where she started a brief career as an actress She played light comedies at The Theatre des Varietes the role of her lifetime there was the Venus Anadyomene posing naked on her shell at the Theatre du Chatelet she also played Offenbach s feeries citation needed In 1874 after becoming a high class prostitute she met Thomas W Evans an extremely wealthy American dental surgeon who tended to many high profile people and even royal families He made her his mistress and helped her settle down at 52 rue de Rome where she held her salon hosting all of the Parisian artistic avant garde Through this occasion she became the mistress of Francois Coppee Stephane Mallarme Antonin Proust as well as Edouard Manet s mistress and model citation needed When Laurent died she bequeathed her wealth to Victor Margueritte her last favorite and protege with the exception of her allegoric portrait of Autumn 2 a painting by Manet begun in 1882 which went to the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy Laurent was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery 56th section Her Salon edit nbsp Mery Laurent and Stephane Mallarme 1896The salon she ran was a place of exchanges which boosted the creative steps of those who patronized it one could find there Edouard Manet and Henri Gervex but also poets and writers such as Stephane Mallarme Francois Coppee Joris Karl Huysmans Marcel Proust the author painted Mery Laurent s portrait through Odette de Crecy s character in Swann in Love 3 or even Zola who based his 1880 novel Nana on Mery Laurent She also received sculptors lyrical artists and musicians such as Hortense Schneider and Reynaldo Hahn Hahn would go on to become her testamentary executor Her portraits by Edouard Manet edit nbsp Autumn Portrait Of Mery Laurent in a Brown Fur Cape 1881 nbsp Mery Laurent with a Fur Hat 1882 nbsp Mery Laurent with a Pug 1882 nbsp Mery Laurent with a black hat 1882 nbsp Mery Laurent with a little hat 1882References edit Four Paintings www artandarchitecture org uk Autumn Study of Mery Laurent 1882 Edouard Manet www wikiart org In 1880 Thomas W Evans offered to Mery Laurent a house at 9 boulevard Lannes in Talus The Swann s family house in Marcel Proust s novel was inspired by Mery Laurent s house Further reading edit Francoise Cachin Manet 1832 1883 The Metropolitan Museum Of Art New York 1983 ISBN 2 07 074438 8 External links edit nbsp Media related to Mery Laurent at Wikimedia Commons WorldCat Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mery Laurent amp oldid 1132487250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
