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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. 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).

  5. Virginie de Ternant - Wikipedia

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    Virginie, who was responsible for Parlange's reputation for elegance by her addition of rich, beautiful furnishings and portraits, is described as "the chief personality for Parlange Plantation's greatness". [2] Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, better known as "Madame X", was the granddaughter of Virginie

  6. Salon (Paris) - Wikipedia

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    This portrait by John Singer Sargent of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau depicting her cleavage caused considerable controversy when it was displayed at the 1884 Salon. The Salon exhibited paintings floor-to-ceiling and on every available inch of space.

  7. 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

  8. List of French Americans - Wikipedia

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    Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915), artist's model, also known as "Madame X" Paul Germain, animation screenwriter and producer; Michael Goudeau, juggler and ex-circus clown; writer and executive producer for the Showtime series Bullshit! Marianne Gravatte, Playboy playmate; Lloyd Jacquet, comic-book innovator

  9. Édouard Sain - Wikipedia

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    He painted Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, a demure and conventional portrait quite unlike the 1883 painting of the same model by John Singer Sargent that had created a recent stir. [10] Sain was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1877. [11] Edward Sain was a friend of Carolus-Duran, who gave him the Legion of Honour and made his portrait.