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Background

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• 1843-1884, 41 years old
• Maiden name Gaillard
• Took mother's maiden name Villard after her seperation from her husband Hector de Callias
• Was acting in plays for playwright Henri de Bornier by the age of thirteen
• By fifteen she was a usual guest of Mme Beulé's salons meaning she had a connection with the Académie des Beaux-Arts
• Began attending Vichy spa in 1859 where she would take part in dances and musical performances

As an Artist's Model

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• Modeled for Manet: (La Dame aux éventails,Musée d'Orsay)

As a Salon Hostess

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• Kept multiple autograph albums, only some of which have survived, that kept a log of who had attended her gatherings
• The first book was started in 1862
• The highpoint of the salons would come after her divorce from Hector de Callias in1868. Would perform her own songs on piano, and often invtied other musicians to perform. Names such as Marie Deschamps, Virginie Huet (organists), Emmanual des Essarts (poet), Francès (actor and singer)
• Noteworthy Salons-
  • December 16, 1868 after party for concert at the Théâtre de l'Ecole lyrique (the landlord gave her notice for noise, but she did not stop having parties, she would just pay the fine)
  • January 14, 1869 after party for Coppée's play Le Passant (Actors Agar and Sarah Bernhardt would attend)
  • On March 11, an article about Nina would be published by Anatole France in La Vogue parisienne stating that she was "an ideal and dizzying pianist" and "graceful and fiercely beautiful"

As a music composer

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• Performed in a charity concert at Le Havre
• Put on a concert at the Théâtre de l'Ecole lyrique on December 16, 1868. La Press musicale praised Villard's poetry and muscial performances in equating her performace energy to that of French Fury.

As a Poet

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• Most poems are published in Feuillets parisiens, 1885
• Poetry inspired by Coppée were published in Dixains réalistes, 1876
• Mon Testament, republished in 1869 as "Le Testament d'une grande dame" (important to note that Nina "feared" true domesticity and was sometimes criticized for acting unladylike ex. smoking on the floor with her friends, so the title Grande Dame, was not how she saw herself)

Relationships and Connections

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• Relationship with Charles Cros inspired his piece Le Croffret de Santal
• Would mary journalist Hector de Callias in November 1864, and seperate from him in January 1868 due to his alcoholic and violent tendencies

Important works

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• Co-wrote one act play, La Dompteuse with Anatole France
• Co-wrote Le Moine-bleu with Charles Cros,Germain Nouveau, Jules Richepin
• Reviewed the Impressionist Exhibition of 1881

Songs

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• Grand Galop
• Gallop, La Lanterne

Photos

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