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Jeanne Duval, the Naughty Flower

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Art for Housewives

Born in Haiti, Jeanne Duval moved to Paris in her early 20s. Dark and exotic, she work in theaters and cabarets and fascinated men with her raw sexuality. For awhile Jeanne was lovers with the photographer Nadar. But it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings & Paintings, THE DIARY OF LUZ CORRAZZINI | Tagged Baudelaire, Black Venus, Books, Courbet, Edouard Manet, energy vampires, Jeanne Duval, Les Fleurs du Mal, The Painter’s Studio, vampires | Leave a comment

A Book of Errors

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Art for Housewives

On Market Street in Parikia, there’s a tiny little shop, PAWS, that raises money to feed stray animals by selling donated items. That’s where I bought “The Unknown Errors of Our Lives” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. (Divakaruni is better known for … Continue reading →