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Sand sews while Chopin plays piano, in a hypothetical reconstruction of Delacroix's 1838 painting, Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand. Sand and Chopin also spent many long summers at Sand's country manor in Nohant from 1839 to 1846, skipping only 1840.
- Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, 1 July 1804, Paris, France
- Novelist
Apr 5, 2024 · George Sand, French Romantic writer known primarily for her so-called rustic novels. Her notable works included Valentine (1832), Leila (1833), La Mare au diable (1846), Francois le Champi (1848), and La Petite Fadette (1849). Learn more about Sand’s life and work.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Relationship with George Sand. Though Chopin had had youthful love affairs and was at one time engaged, none of his relationships lasted more than a year. In 1838 he began a love affair with...
Feb 16, 2019 · Biography of George Sand. Controversial and Popular Writer. George Sand (born Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin, July 1, 1804 — June 9, 1876) was a controversial yet popular writer and novelist of her time. Considered a Romantic idealist writer, she was read among the artists and intelligentsia.
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See the full gallery: Chopin: Compositions, pronunciation, biography and other facts. Chopin had an long and stormy affair with a novelist called George Sand after meeting her in 1836.
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It’s one of the most romanticized love affairs in music history: dashing cross-dressing woman novelist George Sand becomes obsessed with, and then seduces, the sickly consumptive pianist-composer Frédéric Chopin. But how much of this story is real, and how much of it is just mythologizing?
Apr 25, 2024 · Sand was reputed to have had many relationships with her contemporaries, including composer Frédéric Chopin, writer Prosper Mérimée, novelist and co-writer Jules Sandeau and actress Marie Dorval. In her literary career, Sand’s success was outstanding in France and abroad amongst both male and female writers.