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Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (née Avegno; 29 January 1859 – 25 July 1915) was an American-born Parisian socialite, who gained notoriety as the subject of John Singer Sargent 's painting Portrait of Madame X. The suggestion of indiscreet posing in a revealing costume provoked a storm of outrage.
- American
- Subject of John Singer Sargent's painting Portrait of Madame X
- 25 July 1915 (aged 56), Cannes, France
Jan 1, 2015 · She was born Virginie Amélie Avegno, the daughter of white Creole parents in New Orleans. Her father died fighting for the Confederacy at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. It is a study in opposition.
- 234.95 cm × 109.86 cm (92.5 in × 43.25 in)
- John Singer Sargent
- 1884
Mar 24, 2017 · Eager to build on that success, he undertook in 1883 this uncommissioned full-length, life-size portrait of the celebrated beauty Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (Fig. 1), an American herself who had married a successful French businessman, Pierre Gautreau.
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) John Singer Sargent American. 1883–84. Not on view. Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance. Sargent hoped to enhance his reputation by painting and exhibiting her portrait.
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Painted more than thirty years earlier, the iconic portrait of Virginie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915), the American-born wife of a French banker, had nearly sidelined Sargent's career. In 1883, Sargent, a rising star in the Paris art world, convinced Gautreau to pose for him with the intention of creating a masterpiece to exhibit at the Paris ...
When Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915) presented herself in French society, both in Paris and at her country home, Les Chênes, in Paramé, people would gather to witness her beauty. Her renown made the papers throughout France, England, and the United States—from Maine to California.
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