'Charles, he likes men or women?' "Charles? He likes flowers''.
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Marie-Laure Noailles was a direct descendant of the Maquis de Sade, himself a Surrealist muse.
Together with her husband Charles she was their patron, possibly one of the greatest Art Patrons of the Twentieth Century. The couple spent much of the year at their villa in the South of France.
Charles preferred his gardens and his gym instuctor, and she embarked on a of a series of affairs, notably Jean Cocteau whose film Blood of a Poet was financed by them. They also financed Man Ray's Les Mystères du Château de Dé and Bunuel and Dali's L'Age d'Or (a scene in the garden) and Biceps et Bijoux for Jacques Manuel. Dali also painted her portrait as did Balthus another of her protégés.
Apart from film and art they also commisiones Francis Poulenc's Aubade.
Marie-Laure was photographed by Man Ray and her good friend Dora Maar. (Previous some links dead ).
Charles and her Marie-Laure although living seperate lives stayed the best of friends for the rest of their lives often phoning each other several times a day.
Another of her early lovers was James Lord and later in the '50s Oscar Dominguez. (Both previous FPP's.)
Together with her husband Charles she was their patron, possibly one of the greatest Art Patrons of the Twentieth Century. The couple spent much of the year at their villa in the South of France.
Charles preferred his gardens and his gym instuctor, and she embarked on a of a series of affairs, notably Jean Cocteau whose film Blood of a Poet was financed by them. They also financed Man Ray's Les Mystères du Château de Dé and Bunuel and Dali's L'Age d'Or (a scene in the garden) and Biceps et Bijoux for Jacques Manuel. Dali also painted her portrait as did Balthus another of her protégés.
Apart from film and art they also commisiones Francis Poulenc's Aubade.
Marie-Laure was photographed by Man Ray and her good friend Dora Maar. (Previous some links dead ).
Charles and her Marie-Laure although living seperate lives stayed the best of friends for the rest of their lives often phoning each other several times a day.
Another of her early lovers was James Lord and later in the '50s Oscar Dominguez. (Both previous FPP's.)
Maquis de Sade
Well, there's probably a Star Trek joke in there somewhere, but I never watched much Voyager or DS9.
posted by mrnutty at 1:11 PM on May 8, 2013
Well, there's probably a Star Trek joke in there somewhere, but I never watched much Voyager or DS9.
posted by mrnutty at 1:11 PM on May 8, 2013
She became pregnant by Igor Markevitch who was previously Sergei Diaghilev's "best friend" if not lover.
Markevitch married Kyra who was Nijinsky's daughter. Nijinsky and Diaghilev had been lovers.
posted by adamvasco at 1:26 PM on May 8, 2013
Markevitch married Kyra who was Nijinsky's daughter. Nijinsky and Diaghilev had been lovers.
posted by adamvasco at 1:26 PM on May 8, 2013
Having gone back again and looked at Lord's account of Marie-Laure in Six Exceptional Women, I'm even more doubtful that they were ever lovers (though I hope you'll speak up if you have a source for that claim). Not only is there an absence of so much as any hint of a romance between the two, Lord even writes,
posted by octobersurprise at 8:56 AM on May 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
" ... without quite saying so I suppose I made it sufficiently clear that we [Lord and Dora Maar] had not been to bed together, a clarification hardly necessary inasmuch as my hostess could not have failed to know that my sexual preference was similar to Ned's."So, In lieu of romance, here's a 2001 episode of Un livre, un jour about Laurence Benaïm's then newly published biography, Marie-Laure de Noailles, La Vicomtesse Du Bizarre AND Suzanne von Aichinger's campy performace as Marie-Laure in an advertisement for the 2013 Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival.
posted by octobersurprise at 8:56 AM on May 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
My error, and I sincerely apologize. One of her earlier affairs was in 1933 with Edward James. [previously]; ( somewhere I have mixed up James Lord and Edward James).
James was also most probably gay but this is still debated.
What is more important is that he was also an extremely wealthy patron to the surrealists particularily Magritte and Dali.
posted by adamvasco at 8:31 AM on May 10, 2013
James was also most probably gay but this is still debated.
What is more important is that he was also an extremely wealthy patron to the surrealists particularily Magritte and Dali.
posted by adamvasco at 8:31 AM on May 10, 2013
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Mm? James Lord was pretty gay as I recall. Marie-Laure Noailles also has a starring role in Ned Rorem's Paris diaries. I know he wasn't one of her lovers.
posted by octobersurprise at 12:49 PM on May 8, 2013 [1 favorite]