100 episodes of Paris History Avec a Hemingway on La Vie Creative!!! We can’t even believe it! In the last two years we have shared the stories of the amazing women that were inspired by Paris and many of the places, stories and art that we love.
Numerous stories of the talented artists, authors, actors, singers and dancers. The trailblazing women that built champagne houses, forged a path at 50 years old and the courtesans who bucked all traditions. We have shared the life at the court of Marie Antoinette and the many women that lived there and survived the Revolution.
I put together a handy guide of the first 100 episodes by theme that you can spend a day listening to the artists or whichever subject that fascinates you. All episode numbers correlate with the overall podcast episodes.
Artists:
Episode 8 Suzanne Valadon, the model of Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir who became a painter herself. Be sure to visit the Musée du Montmartre and see her former studio.
Episode 20 Victorine Meurent also was a model whose image is one of the most famous in the world. As the face of Manet’s most controversial paintings she is never forgotten. Victorine also became an artist but very little sadly remains.
Episode 36 Berthe Morisot from an early age trained to be an artist. In the Louvre alongside her sister she met Manet and he instantly wanted to paint her. Morisot is the subject of a few of my favorite Manet paintings but she also became the leading lady of the Impressionist.
Episode 51 Camille Claudel. She is known as the muse and lover of Renoir but that doesn’t give her enough credit for the amazing artist she also was. After her fathers death her brother and mother chose to toss her into an asylum where she spent the last 30 years of her life. Much of her art was destroyed but luckily her niece still fights to the day to share her art.
Episode 55 Elisabeth Vigee le Brun the 18th century painter was the darling of the court of Versailles and became the personal painter of Marie Antoinette. During the Revolution she was able to flee France and today her paintings hang on the walls of the Louvre.
Episode 67 Mary Cassatt The American that broke into the French Impressionists.
Episode 77 Marie Bracquemand Another of the female Impressionists and part of the “trois grandames” with Morisot and Cassatt.
Episode 89 Eva Gonzales the only student of Manet, also modeled for him. Her own paintings were so close to Manet’s style, you would think they were his.
Episode 91 Rosa Bonheur From the time she was a child she loved to draw animals. Her paintings would be popular with the Queen of England and for wealthy Americans. She was able to go where few female artists were ever able to go.
Episode 95 Berthe Weill The first woman to own a gallery supported many of the female artists of the early 1900’s and the first to hold Picasso paintings.
Episode 115 Nélie Jacquemart An accomplished artist it's her vast art collection that she is mostly known for. Leaving her collection to the State, the former home of Jacquemart and her husband André became the Musée Jacquemart André.
Episode 125 Dora Maar We love to share more of these ladies' lives than what we think they are known for. Dora was the love and muse of Picasso but she was a well established artist before Picasso came along.
Episode 127 Ladies of Manet A deeper dive into the paintings of Manet and the women he captured.
Episode 143 Ladies of Monet Not about the ladies he painted, although he did paint each of his wives Camille and Alice. This is about the love triangle he created and the heartless thing his second wife Alice did as soon as Camille died.
Episode 157 Finding many of our ladies in the Paris museums. So many of these wonderful artists don’t have a museum dedicated to them but can be found hanging on the walls of Paris.
Episode 161 Marie Benoist she trained under Vigee le Brun but it is her stunning Portrait of Madeleine that is jaw dropping. One of the very first paintings of a black model. It hangs in the Louvre and is gorgeous.
Episode 167 Marie Laurencin A painter of the avant-garde known for her images of Tout-Paris and of her lover Apollinaire and friends including Picasso. Her paintings in pastel colors stand out in any gallery.
Episode 171 Sonia Delaunay The Ukrainian artist came to Paris and met Robert and the two paved a way with their very own style of art. She branched out and created textiles, clothing and decor.
Episode 175 Masters in the Churches Charles le Brun, Eustache Le Seuer, Delacroix and many more can be found hanging in the first museums, the churches of Paris. A free visit to see the masters.
Episode 185 Vivian Maier a photographer that’s amazing photos were almost lost in a storage unit. Many of her 100,000 photos were never developed until after her death and then became an internet sensation.
Episode 193 The Romantic Era One of my favorite periods in the history of France, the Romantic Era was ruled by Delacroix, Chasserieau and Barye.
More next week, as I decided to write too much about each and every one of these great episodes.