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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. She attracted much admiration due to her elegance and ...
Virginie Egger (born 1966) is a Swiss-born Canadian artist and illustrator living in Quebec. Egger was born in Geneva and received a diploma from the ’École des arts décoratifs (later the Centre de Formation Professionnelle Arts Genève [ fr ] ) there.
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.
Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian and French actress. She had her first leading role in the romantic comedy It Boy (2013). Efira subsequently received critical praise for her performance in the comedy drama In Bed with Victoria (2016), for which she received a Magritte Award for Best Actress as well as a César Award for Best Actress nomination.
Virginia Johnson was born Mary Virginia Eshelman in Springfield, Missouri, [2] the daughter of Edna (née Evans) and Hershel "Harry" Eshelman, a farmer. [3] [4] Her paternal grandparents were members of the LDS Church, and her father had Hessian ancestry. [4]
Poe family tree. Virginia Eliza Clemm was born in 1822 [1] and named after an older sister who had died at age two [2] only ten days earlier. [3] Her father William Clemm, Jr. was a hardware merchant in Baltimore. [4]
Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo is a French researcher of evolutionary biology and genetics. She is a director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and head of the Evolution & Genetics Team at the Institut Jacques Monod .
24 Years of Hunger is a pop music album released in 1991 by Eg & Alice, the collaboration of Eg White and Alice Temple. [1] [2] 24 Years of Hunger was critically acclaimed, although it failed to chart. It is the only album that the duo ever released.