Summary
Jeanne Samary (4 March 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 18 September 1890 in Paris) was a French actress at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Jeanne Samary | |
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 Photograph by Nadar, c. 1877 | |
| Born | Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary 4 March 1857 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 18 September 1890 (aged 33) Paris, France |
| Burial place | Passy Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, model |
| Years active | 1874–1890 |
| Employer | Comédie-Française |
| Spouse | Paul Lagarde (1882–1890, her death) |
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Between the years 1871–1874, Jeanne Samary attended the Paris drama school and passed with distinction. In 1874, she became a member of the Comédie-Française and debuted on 24 August 1874 as Dorine in Tartuffe by Molière. Jeanne Samary excelled in numerous roles in the comedies, but also in parts of Édouard Pailleron (L'Étincelle; La Monde ou l'on s'ennuie).[1]
Renoir painted Samary around a dozen times between the years 1877–1881;[1] Louise Abbéma painted her twice.
In 1880,[2] she married Paul Lagarde, with whom she had three children.[1] Shortly before her death she wrote a children's book titled Les gourmandises de Charlotte for their children. She died in 1890 of typhoid fever,[1] and was buried in the Passy Cemetery.
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Portrait of Jeanne Samary, by Louise Abbéma (ca. 1880) -
Portrait of Jeanne Samary by Renoir (1878), Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia -
Samary's grave in Passy Cemetery -
References
edit- ^ a b c d Jiminez, Jill Berk (2013). Dictionary of Artists' Models. Routledge. pp. 487–488. ISBN 978-1-135-95921-0.
- ^ https://archives.paris.fr/s/4/etat-civil-actes/?1880, Mariages, 09, V4E 3582, 9 November 1880, no. 1006, Lagarde et Samary, the ceremony took place Wednesday, 10 November at the Église de la Trinité, Paris, see Jules Prével, "Courrier des Théatres," Le Figaro, 8 November 1880, p. 2.
