Letter to Gaston La Touche, ca. 1909-ca. 1913.

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Letter to Gaston La Touche, ca. 1909-ca. 1913.

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Undated letter to the painter Gaston La Touche signed by Rosemonde Rostand, the wife of the successful poet and playwright Edmond Rostand, whose villa Arnaga at Cambo (Pyrénées Atlantiques) was being decorated by La Touche. Mrs. Rostand suggests some changes in the decorative panel conceived by the artist representing a masked ball, a recurrent theme among the various "fêtes galantes" painted by La Touche for interior decorations. She does not like the setting in a theater hall: "Ne pourriez-vous pas transporter votre vision dans un autre intérieur plus verlainien?...Il y a toujours un peu trop d'Offenbach et de Métro dans l'atmosphère d'un bal dansé dans un théatre." Indeed, the artist is free to follow his inspiration, and the architect Tournaire will send him the measurements for the panel.

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Gérard, Rosemonde, 1871-1953

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Rosemonde Rostand wrote and published poetry under the name of Rosemonde Gérard. She was her husband's devoted supporter in all his activities. They refurbished and decorated their villa in Gascony up to his death in 1918. From the description of Letter to Gaston La Touche, ca. 1909-ca. 1913. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81157083 ...

Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918

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French dramtist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified colleague, 1918 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657921 ...

La Touche, Gaston, 1854-1913

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French painter, sculptor and engraver, La Touche was a member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts created in 1890 after the scission from the Société des artistes français and its Salon. From the description of Letters to Alfred Roll, 1895-1911. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84198538 ...

Tournaire, Albert

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