Jeanne Demarsy

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Jeanne Demarsy, photograph by Atelier Reutlinger, around 1890

Jeanne Demarsy , also Jane Demarsy or Jeanne de Marsy (born October 6, 1865 in Limoges as Anne Darlaud , † 1937 in Paris ), was a French actress who appeared in various Parisian theaters in the 1880s and 1890s. Previously, she was the painters Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edouard Manet model .

Life

Jeanne Demarsy was born as Anne Darlaud in Limoges in 1865. The father was a bookbinder and brocade maker . Her older sister Eugénie-Marie later became an actress as Jeanne Darlaud as well as Jeanne Demarsy in Paris. The two sisters are sometimes confused in the literature. There is also another actress, Marie-Louise Marsy, who was born in Paris in 1866 , whose name sounds similar and who, like the Darlaud sisters, had ties to the art world. The art historian Colin B. Bailey suspects that the two Darlaud sisters gained access to Parisian artistic circles through the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir , who also came from Limoges . After Renoir had portrayed his sister Eugénie-Marie Darlaud in the painting Sur la terrasse ( Art Institute of Chicago ) in 1881 , sister Anne followed in 1882. She is depicted in the painting in a blue dress on a garden bench, now known as the Portrait of Mademoiselle Demarsy (private collection). She portrayed Édouard Manet in a similar setting in 1881. The pastel picture Auf der Bank ( Pola Museum of Art ) shows Jeanne Demarsy sitting on a bench in a greenhouse. Around the same time Manet was painting another pastel portrait of Jeanne Demarsy with a girl in a summer hat (private collection). In addition, Jeanne Demarsy posed as a model in Young Woman on the Sea Beach (private collection). Here she is shown sitting in a chair on the beach, while the sea is in the background and a steamer can be seen on the horizon. In addition, Manet portrayed her in two oil paintings. In Junge Frau mit Pelerine ( Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon) ) she is painted as a half-length portrait and in his painting The Spring ( J. Paul Getty Museum ) he depicts her in a floral dress against a lush floral background.

  • Édouard Manet:
    On the bench , 1881

  • Édouard Manet:
    Girl with a Summer Hat , around 1881

  • Édouard Manet:
    Young woman with cape , 1881

  • Édouard Manet:
    The Spring , 1881

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
    Portrait of Mademoiselle Demarsy , 1882

While her stage name is referred to as Jeanne Demarsy in the more recent literature on the portraits of Manet and Renoir , the English spelling Jane Demarsy can usually be found in the archives of her theater career . She made her theatrical debut in 1887 in the role of Venus in Orpheus in the Underworld with the music of Jacques Offenbach in the Théâtre de la Gaîté . In the same year, also at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the role of Cerisette in the piece Dix jours aux Pyrénées by Paul Ferrier followed . In 1888 she appeared in the title role of Cendrillon in the piece of the same name by Louis François Clairville , Henri Monnier and Ernest Blum at the Théâtre du Châtelet . Then she moved to the Théâtre du Gymnase . Here she played the role of Casilda in the comedy L'art de tromper les femmes by Émile de Najac and Paul Ferrier in 1890 . Together with her sister, she appeared in the comedy Paris fin de siècle by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché in 1891 . Jane Demarsy played the Madame des Epiglottes her sister the role of Judith . In 1892 Demarsy played the role of Almée in Mon oncle Barbassou by Mario Uchard in the same theater . Other roles followed in the Théâtre des Variétés and Théâtre des Nouveautés . Her last appearances in 1905 included the role of Jeannine de Brécy in Les Merlereau by Georges Berr at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens .

Jeanne Demarsy died in Paris in 1937. Her estate was auctioned at the Hôtel Drouot auction house in 1938 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Jeanne de Marsy  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck: Édouard Manet's portraits of women , p. 239.
  2. ↑ Marie-Louise Marsy was portrayed for example in 1898 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. See a drawing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
  3. ^ Colin B. Bailey: Renoir's Portraits, Impressions of an Age , p. 188.
  4. ^ Colin B. Bailey: Renoir's Portraits, Impressions of an Age , p. 188.
  5. ↑ Information on the painting Portrait of Mademoiselle Demarsy by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the archive of the Christie’s auction house
  6. ^ Charles S. Moffett: On the bench in Cachin, Moffett, Wilson-Bareau: Manet , p. 439.
  7. ↑ The dating is controversial, in some cases the year 1879 is also given. See Mary Anne Stevens: Manet, portraying life , p. 56.
  8. ^ Mary Anne Stevens: Manet, portraying life , p. 200.
  9. ^ Mary Anne Stevens, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck, Charles S. Moffett and numerous other authors use this designation.
  10. ↑ Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck: Édouard Manet's portraits of women , p. 240.
  11. ↑ Information on the piece Dix jours aux Pyrénées on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  12. ↑ Information on the piece Cendrillon on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  13. ↑ Information on the piece L'art de tromper les femmes on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  14. ↑ a photo by Nadar shows her in the role of Almée See Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Diffusion RMN-GP
  15. ↑ Information on the piece Les Merlereau on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
  16. ↑ Note on the auction catalog of the Jane Demarsy collection at http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/
personal data
SURNAME Demarsy, Jeanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Demarsy, Jane; Marsy, Jeanne de; Darlaud, Anne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actress and model by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Édouard Manet
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Limoges , France
DATE OF DEATH 1937
Place of death Paris , France