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Jeanne Duval | |
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 Duval as Baudelaire's Mistress, Reclining | |
| Born | Possibly Jeanne Duval, Jeanne Prosper, or Jeanne Lemer |
| Partner | Charles Baudelaire |
Jeanne Duval (French pronunciation: [ʒan dyˈval]) was a Haitian-born actress and dancer of mixed French and black African ancestry. For 20 years, she was the muse of French poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire. They met in 1842, when Duval left Haiti for France, and the two remained together, albeit stormily, for the next two decades. Duval is said to have been the woman whom Baudelaire loved most, in his life,[1] after his mother. She was born in Haiti on an unknown date, sometime around 1820.
Poems of Baudelaire's which are dedicated to Duval or pay her homage are: Le balcon, Parfum exotique, La chevelure, Sed non satiata, Le serpent qui danse, and Une charogne.
Baudelaire called her "mistress of mistresses" and his "Vénus Noire" ("Black Venus"), and it is believed that, to him, Duval symbolized the dangerous beauty, sexuality, and mystery of a Creole woman in mid-nineteenth century France.[2] She lived at 6, rue de la Femme-sans-tête (Street of the Headless Woman), near the hôtel Pimodan.[3]
Manet, a friend of Baudelaire, painted Duval in his 1862 painting Baudelaire's Mistress, Reclining.[4] She was, by this time, going blind.[5]
Duval died of syphilis, later in 1862, and Baudelaire died five years later, also of syphilis.[6] It has been said that Duval was addicted to drugs;[7] whether this is true or not is unknown, but it is claimed that Baudelaire was addicted to both opium and hashish. Other sources also claim that Duval survived Baudelaire.[8] Nadar claimed to have seen Duval, last, in 1870—by this time, she was on crutches, suffering heavily from syphilis.[9]
Popular Culture
Jeanne Duval serves as a main character in Caribbean author Nalo Hopkinson's The Salt Roads, a work of historic fiction, and as the main character for the film.[10] In addition, she is the inspiration for a song called "Street of Roses" (Улица Роз) from then-Soviet heavy metal band Aria (Ария), on their 1987 release "Asphalt Hero" (Герой Асфальта), and for the short story "Black Venus" by Angela Carter. The film My Heart Laid Bare, currently in production at Disruptive Element Films, is about the life of Jeanne Duval.[11]
External links
- 20 English translations of Baudelaire's poem “The Balcony”, addressed to Jeanne Duval
References
- ^ baud1
- ^ Black Venus - Angela Carter
- ^ Charles Baudelaire - Jeanne Duval
- ^ Skirting the issue: Manets's portrait of 'Baudelaire's Mistress, Reclining.' - Edouard Manet | Art Bulletin, The | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Charles Pierre Baudelaire Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
- ^ http://homepages.westminster.org.uk/art_history/Baudelaire.htm
- ^ Astrology Software for Research - Baudelaire - astrology chart
- ^ Span number 37 Yorga Wangi: Abigail Bray
- ^ http://www.eff.org/Misc/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Catscan_columns/catscan.12
- ^ Science Fiction Book Reviews
- ^ disruptive element films | filmography