Ellen Andrée
Ellen Andrée | |
|---|---|
 Andrée c. 1890 | |
| Born | Hélène Marie André 7 March 1856 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 December 1933 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Model |
| Known for | Model for Manet, Degas, and Renoir |
Ellen Andrée (born Hélène Marie André; 7 March 1856[1] – 9 December 1933[2]) was a French actress and model for Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and other impressionists, in the 1870s.[3]
Life
[edit]Andrée was born in 1856 in Paris and lived in the Rue du Rocher. She started working as a model, and became notable as she appeared in important impressionist paintings. She became an actress in the Naturalist style of theatre, in which the purpose was to give a near perfect view of real scenes and not to rely on the audience's imagination. She acted for several decades, appearing in plays and comedies such as those by Sacha Guitry and Georges Courteline, but it was the brief period in the 1870s, when she was a model for artists, most importantly Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, that made her name.[4] In 1878 she was the model for Rolla, a painting by Henri Gervex, that was based on a poem by Alfred de Musset.[3] The main character in the film Amélie is compared to Renoir's depiction of Andree in his painting Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Andree was a collector of images and autographs.[5]
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Bibliography
[edit]- Jean Sutherland Boggs: Degas. Ausstellungskatalog Paris, Ottawa, New York, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-7118-2146-3.
- Françoise Cachin: Manet. DuMont, Köln 1991 ISBN 3-7701-2791-9
- John Collins: Ellen Andrée in Berk Jiminez: Dictionary of Artists' Models. Fitzroy Dearborn, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-233-8.
- Bernard Denvir: The chronicle of Impressionism. Thames and Hudson, London 1993, ISBN 0-500-23665-8.
- Benoît Noël, Jean Hournon: Parisiana : la capitale des peintres au XIXe siècle. Presses Franciliennes, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-9527214-0-8.
- Theodore Reff: Manet and modern Paris. National Gallery of Art, Washington und University of Chicago Press, Chicago und London 1982, ISBN 0-226-70720-2.
- Maryanne Stevens, Colin B. Bailey, Stephane Guegan: Manet, portraying life, Ausstellungskatalog Toledo Museum of Art und Royal Academy of Arts 2012–13, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-907533-52-5.
- Terry W. Strieter: Nineteenth-century European art. Aldwych Press, London 1999, ISBN 0-86172-115-2.
- Adolphe Tabarant: Manet et ses oeuvres. Gallimard, Paris 1947.
References
[edit]- ^ Fiche de naissance n° 5/32. Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 3ème arrondissement (ancien), fichier des naissances de 1856.
- ^ Acte de décès n° 1216 (vue 17/24). Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 9ème arrondissement, registre des décès de 1933.
- ^ a b Léonard, Sylvie. "Petites histoires de l'art". montpellier.fr. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ Benoit, Noel (2006). Parisiana: la capitale des peintres au XIXème siècle. Dislab. ISBN 9782952721400.
- ^ "2 autograph letters signed. by Andrée, Ellen, French actress and model (1856-1933).: Signed by Author(s) Manuscript / Paper Collectible | Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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