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  2. Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau - Wikipedia

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    Antonio de La Gándara, Madame Pierre Gautreau, 1898. Virginie Avegno became one of Paris's conspicuous beauties, as she was a pale-skinned brunette with fine, cameo-like features and an hourglass figure. She was known to use lavender-colored face and body powder to enhance her complexion, to dye her hair with henna, and to color her eyebrows ...

  3. Portrait of Madame X - Wikipedia

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    Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. [1] It is a study in opposition.

  4. Virginie de Ternant - Wikipedia

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    Marie Virginie de Ternant, née Trahan (August 16, 1818 – November 7, 1887), was the owner and manager of the Parlange Plantation, near New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. It was through her strong personality, diplomacy and charm that she saved the house from destruction throughout its occupation by both the Union and Confederate ...

  5. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Madame X

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    The lady in question is Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau. According to the articles of this saucy lady, she wore powder of lavender, which I ascertain from third-party sites would make her smell as such, but I feel her skin tone has been given a slight lavender appearance as well (the entire painting uses light rose colors).

  6. List of Louisiana Creoles - Wikipedia

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    Virginie Amelie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915) – model and socialite; Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) – composer and pianist, known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces [32] George Guesnon (1907–1968) – jazz banjoist, guitarist, composer, and singer; George Herriman. Joe Hall – la la and Cajun musician

  7. Avegno - Wikipedia

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    Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915), American socialite This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 19:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  8. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf - Wikipedia

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    The film became notorious for its troubled and lengthy production and for the amount of money it was reported to have cost. It has been referred to several times as the most expensive French film ever made at the time of its release, although this has been contested. The title refers to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. For various reasons, the ...

  9. List of films set in Marseille - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Liste de films tournés à Marseille]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Liste de films tournés à Marseille}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.