Madeleine Deslandes
Portrait of Madeleine Deslandesby Edward Burne-Jones
Portrait of Madeleine Deslandes
by Edward Burne-Jones
Born16 April 1866
Montluçon, France
Died2 March 1929
Paris, France
Pen nameOssit
Notable worksA quoi bon? (1892)
Ilse (1894)
Cyrène (1908).

Baronne Madeleine Annette Edmé Angélique Vivier-Deslandes (16 April 1866 – 2 March 1929) was a French writer associated with the English Pre-Raphaelites. She was the subject of a painting by Edward Burne-Jones.[1]

Deslandes travelled to England in 1893 to meet Burne-Jones in preparation for an article that she was writing about him for Le Figaro. It was arranged that Burne-Jones would paint Deslandes' portrait, which he did in 1895–96.[2]

Deslandes wrote under the pseudonym "Ossit". She wrote four novels : A quoi bon? (1892), Ilse (1894), Il n'y a plus d'îles bienheureuses (1898) and Cyrène (1908).

According to Emily Wubben, Deslandes "pursued a glittering social life in Parisian literary and artistic circles. She was celebrated as a hostess of a cultured salon that attracted the presence of renowned artists, poets and composers."[3] She once entered a lion's cage at a fair and recited poetry by Jean Richepin.[4]

References

  1. Saunier, Philippe (1999). "Edward Burne-Jones et la France : Madeleine Deslandes, une préraphaélite oubliée". Revue de l'Art (in French). 123 (1): 57–70. doi:10.3406/rvart.1999.348432.
  2. Gott, Ted. "Edward Burne-Jones's Portrait of Baronne Madeleine Deslandes". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. Wubben, Emily. "Artistic souls: Edward Burne-Jones and his portrait of Baronne Deslandes". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. Burrows, Stephanie (2001). Tucholsky and France. Maney Publishing. p. 98. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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