Anonymous
Reynaldo Hahn's Kodak Bellows Device, 1899
Leather, metal, wood
Private collection Jean-Yves Patte
Until the writer's death in 1922, Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn continued to see and write to each other. Reynaldo encourages the literary works of his friend and Marcel doesn't miss any of his Parisian concerts.
Hippolyte Boulenger
Assiette parlante "Bains de mer III", entre 1863 et 1892
Assiette en terre de fer
Musée d'art & d'histoire de Granville
In 1863, Hippolyte Boulenger (1836-1892), nephew of Louis-Xavier Boulenger and son of Adolphe Boulenger, became the director of the family company Faïenceries de Choisy-le-Roi, famous for its earthenware creations for the tableware industry, sold in France and all over the world, but also for its ceramics such as the white tiles that decorate the Parisian underground.
This set of plates has the theme of sea bathing. It is with humour that the pleasures of the beach are depicted, as in the image of this woman telling her child that "the sea is like soup, it's always colder on the shore."
Set of medals, late 19th - early 20th century,
Monnaie de Paris
The "Société des amis de la médaille française," also known as the Belle Époque told by its medals.
List of medals exhibited:
1
Youth, 1899
Young girl in profile (obverse), Iris (reverse)
Jules-Prosper Legastelois
Plaque, 60 x47 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
2
Juno and Psyche, 1899
Juno raising the severed head of Argus (obverse), Psyche seated weeping (reverse)
Ferdinand Levillain
Medal, 50 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
3
Maternity, 1899
Mother breastfeeding her child (obverse), portrait of the artist's daughter Thérèse (reverse)
Alexandre Charpentier
Plaque, 80 x 52mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
4
The toilet, 1899
Woman at her toilet (obverse), mirror and flowering branch in the clouds (reverse)
Louis-Oscar Roty
Plaquette, 68 x 34
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
5
Warrior Music, 1900
Allegory of music (obverse), warrior and Euterpe (reverse)
François-Paul Niclausse
Medal, 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
6
Self-portrait, 1900
Profile of the artist on the left (obverse), cherub sitting on a cloud (reverse)
Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis
Medal, 50 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
7
Souvenir of the 1900 Exposition, 1900
France welcomes and crowns the genius of the two worlds (obverse), panoramic and aerial view of the exhibition (reverse)
Jules-Edouard Roiné
Plaque, 55 x 68 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
8
Loïe Fuller, 1900
The dancing artist (obverse), interlaced arums (reverse)
Pierre Roche
Medal, 72 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
9
Stag fight, 1900
Stags fighting in the forest (obverse), hinds and fawns in an undergrowth (reverse)
Georges Gardet
Plaque, 58 x 95 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
10
The dance, 1901
Dancing couple (obverse), dancer bowing (reverse)
François-Rupert Carabin
Medal, 50 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
11
Société des amis de la médaille française founded on February 28, 1899, 1901
Men examining a medal (obverse), allegory writing on a tablet (reverse)
Alexandre Charpentier
Plaque, 66 x 72 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
12
The two ages of life, 1901
Minette (obverse), Manette (reverse)
Ovide Yencesse
Medal, 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
13
Here are my jewels, 1901
Mother and her two children (obverse), Landau and toys (reverse)
Henry Nocq
Medal, 52 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
14
Solidarity, 1901
Workers in a forge (obverse), women in an interior (reverse)
Frederic of Vernon
Plaque, 75 x 55 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
15
Amphitrite, 1902
Nymph sitting on a dolphin (obverse), nymph bathing (reverse)
Jules Desbois
Medal, 40 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
16
Cleopatra, 1902
Cleopatra surrounded by Egyptian symbols (obverse), Cleopatra sitting on an elephant (reverse)
Emmanuel Frémiet
Plate, 66 x 84 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
17
Brittany, 1902
Seated Breton woman in an interior (obverse), Calvary in a landscape (reverse)
Charles Dufresne
Medal, 55 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
18
Institution for young blind people, 1902
Women and children sitting outside (obverse), young girl and her guide dog knocking on the door of the institution (reverse)
Hippolyte Lefèbvre
Plaque, 68 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
19
The glyptic, 1902
Two women admiring jewels (obverse), engraver at the bench (reverse)
Georges Dupré
Medal, 65 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
20
Springtime, 1903
Couple of teenagers (obverse), naked girl (reverse)
Louis Dejean
Medal, 60 mm
Silver and bronze, Bronze, struck with a pendulum
21
The lull, 1903
Two men observing the sea (obverse), shipwreck (reverse)
Michel Cazin
Plaque, 65 x 81 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
22
Blacksmiths, 1903
Workers in a forge (obverse), blacksmiths hammering chain links (reverse)
Georges Loiseau-Bailly
Plaque, 49 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
23
The young children, 1903
Mother and child (obverse), round of children (reverse)
Charles Pillet
Plaque, 53 x 65 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
24
The bath, 1903
Naked woman going to bathe (obverse), woman sitting at her toilet (reverse)
Abel Lafleur
Plaque, 71 x 40 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
25
Conservation of forests, 1904
The nymph Phylire (obverse), the centaur Chiron (reverse)
César-Henri Cros
Medal, 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
26
The Harvest, 1904
Peasant woman in her field (obverse), farmer driving his plow (reverse)
Jean-Auguste Dampt
Medal, 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
27
History records the discoveries of archaeology, 1904
Allegorical scene illustrating an archaeological excavation (obverse), Ancient statue in a landscape (reverse)
Alphonse-Eugène Lechevrel
Plaque, 70 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
28
Caresses, 1904
Young child caressing her mother's face (obverse), rose hip in bloom (reverse)
Ovide Yencesse
Medal, 45 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
29
Lion overcoming a bull, 1904
Lion and bull fighting (obverse), Lioness and her cubs (reverse)
Victor Peter
Medal, 65 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
30
The worker's dream, 1905
Naked old man sitting in a landscape (obverse), old man sleeping and dreaming (reverse)
Jean-Victor Ségoffin
Medal, 68 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
31
The Stone, 1905
Stonecutters (obverse), Masons (reverse)
Alexandre Charpentier
Plaque, 74 x 62 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
32
Tender lovers, 1905
Young couple embracing in a field (obverse), music score (reverse)
Albert Bartholomé
Plaque, 80 x 63 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
33
To the poets without glory, 1905
Allegories flowering graves (obverse), Allegory holding a lyre and a laurel wreath (reverse)
Louis-Alexandre Bottée
Medal, 90 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
34
Infantry, 1905
Soldiers Marching (obverse), kneeling soldier watching (reverse)
Paul Roger-Bloche
Plaque, 55 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
35
The Joy of Life, 1906
Naked seated man (obverse), seated and embracing couple (reverse)
Raoul Lamourdedieu
Medal, 58 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
36
Blast of firedamp, 1906
Miners (obverse), explosion in a mine (reverse)
Henri-Léon Gréber
Medal, 72 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
37
The monkeys, 1906
Four monkeys sitting on a branch (obverse), monkey holding an Egyptian statuette of King Thoth (reverse)
Paul Jouve
Plaque, 48 x 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
38
The wind, 1906
Allegory of the storm and seated man bent over (obverse), woman in a landscape fighting against the wind (reverse)
Camille Lefèvre
Medal, 68 mm
Silver and bronze, struck with a pendulum
39
The two seasons, 1906
Young woman (obverse), old woman (reverse)
René de Saint-Marceaux
Plaque, 64 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
40
François le rémouleur, 1907
Remover sharpening a knife (obverse), woman skinning a rabbit (reverse)
Ovide Yencesse
Plaque, 70 x 50 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
41
The snack, 1907
Mother making her child drink (obverse), child watching cats quenching their thirst (reverse)
Geneviève Granger
Plaque, 50 x 74 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
42
Mother's caresses, 1907
Mother and child (obverse), two children embracing (reverse)
Albert Marque
Plaque, 71 x 45 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
43
The art of gardens, 1907
Gardener decorating a vase with a plant (obverse), trees in a park (reverse)
François Roques
Plaque, 75 x 43 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
44
Adolescents, 1907
Young naked man in an undergrowth (obverse), young naked women in an undergrowth (reverse)
Louis Dejean
Medal, 58 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
45
Summer, 1908
Woman in a boat (obverse), naked woman in a forest (reverse)
Firmin-Marcelin Michelet
Plaque, 64 x 43 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
46
The music, 1908
Quintet of musicians (obverse), woman singing accompanied by the piano (reverse)
Fernand David
Plaque, 53 x 75 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
47
The blacksmith, 1908
Man forging a dear on horseback (obverse), men shoeing a horse (reverse)
Emile Gaudissart
Plaque, 50 x 65 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
48
Faun and fawn, 1908
Portrait of a faun in profile (obverse), faun playing the diaule (reverse), 1908
Paul-Léonard Durousseau
Plaque, 68 x 32 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
49
Breton peasants
Seated man holding a bowl (obverse), woman next to a grazing cow (reverse), 1908
Pierre-Charles Lenoir
Plaque, 60 x 47 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
50
Mine and metallurgy, 1909
Women working in a mine (obverse), men working in a foundry (reverse)
Cornelius-Henri Theunissen
Plaque, 55 x 75 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
51
Spring and winter, 1909
Couples walking in an undergrowth (obverse), old woman in a winter landscape
Hippolyte Lefèbvre
Plaque, 68 x 80 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
52
Croatian peasants, 1909
Women carrying rosaries of onions (obverse), men standing facing each other (reverse)
Robert Frangès-Mihanovic
Plaque, 60 x 70 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
53
Helen, 1909
Helen in the middle of the ruins of Troy (obverse), Statue of the god Eros in an ancient landscape (reverse)
René Grégoire
Plaque, 90 x 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
54
Jewels, 1909
Women adorning themselves with jewels (obverse), women looking at flowers (reverse)
Paul Grandhomme
Medal, 60 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
55
The tub
Woman at her toilet (obverse), woman doing her hair (reverse)
Ovide Yencesse
Plaque, 65 x 42 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
56
Peasant women of Berry, 1910
Woman hanging a cloth (obverse), woman feeding a calf (reverse)
Emile-Ernest Nivet
Plaque, 80 x 45 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
57
Types of Biskra, 1910
Barka (obverse), Hamed (reverse)
Pierre-Charles Lenoir
Plaque, 60 x 40 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
58
Haymaking, 1910
Standing peasant woman (obverse), walking peasant (reverse)
Firmin-Marcelin Michelet
Plaque, 72 x 53 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
59
The bath, 1910
Women at their toilet (obverse), women and child in a garden (reverse)
Fernand David
Plaque, 70 x 57 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
60
Lina, 1919
Woman sitting in a garden (obverse), dancing Putto holding masks (reverse)
Domenico Trentacoste
Plaque, 70 x 56 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
61
To the Soldiers Who Died for the Fatherland, 1920
Two poilus (obverse), grieving woman (reverse)
Pierre-Marie Poisson
Plaque, 50 x 48 mm
Bronze, struck with a pendulum
Anonymous
La famille Finaly aux Frémonts (The Finaly Family at the Frémonts), 1900-1914
Photographs
Collection Mike Lebas
The Finaly family, bankers living in Paris, acquired the Villa Frémonts, built on the heights of Trouville, with the help of Marcel Proust, a friend of the family.
Without any financial worries at the time when photography was an expensive hobby, the Finaly's devoted themselves to it and produced thousands of pictures representing them in their various seaside activities: at the races, on the boards of Trouville, or during a game of tennis, as is the case for this picture. Taken in the privacy of their home, these pictures are strikingly alive and spontaneous. Marcel Proust, marked by this family, was inspired by some of its members to shape these characters and the villa of Frémonts became in his work the villa of La Raspelière.
Monarch Typewriter
Around 1911
Private Collection
In the summer of 1911, during a long stay in Cabourg, Marcel Proust asked the shorthand typist at the Grand Hôtel to type up part of his novel. Coecilia Hayward, of English origin, worked on her typewriter for the writer during the summer in Cabourg and then in the fall in Paris, under the supervision of his secretary Albert Nahmias - whose family owned a house in Cabourg. Then, the writer multiplies endlessly the corrections on his typescript, as on his manuscripts.
Anonymous
The Frémonts, 1906
Watercolor
Mike Le Bas Collection
The Villa Les Frémonts in Trouville was built in 1869 by the architect Jacques Baumier and his son, pioneers of the neo-Norman architecture. Owned by the Finaly family, who bought it from the Baignières with the help of Marcel Proust, the villa served as a model for the house La Raspelière in "In Search of Lost Time," which is the Verdurin's seaside property where the narrator often goes. Proust himself stayed at Les Frémonts on several occasions, where his first portrait was painted by Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1891.
Accès
Horaires
Agenda