Madeleine Lemaire (1845 - 1928) was a French painter specialised in elegant genre works, and flowers. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy. She herself held a salon where she received high society in her Hôtel Particulier on the Rue de Monceau.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 106 x 158 cm]