Madeleine Lemaire, née Coll (1845 – 8 April 1928) was a French painter specialized in elegant genre works, and flowers. Robert de Montesquiou said she was The Empress of the Roses. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy. She herself held a salon where she received high society in her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Monceau.
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Jeanne Magdelaine Colle 24 May 1845 Les Arcs, France
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Died |
8 April 1928 (aged 82) Paris, France
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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