Growing Up with the Impressionists by Julie Manet

Author:Julie Manet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: I.B.Tauris

Julie in the smart velvet suit so admired by the painter Henner in December 1897

‘That’s because it’s artistic’, said the man in charge of the easels, who is a real dear.

THURSDAY, 23 DECEMBER

We went to the Renoirs for dinner, where we were to have met Wyzewa, though only Arsène Alexandre and Abel Faivre, who was not as merry as usual, were there. Monsieur Renoir was charming and Madame Renoir as pleasant as could be. She has really taken to us since we spent so much time chatting to her about her part of the country. She was coughing a great deal, and now drinks only milk, and said she was starving. She’s getting thinner – or, should I say, less fat.

At dinner we discussed the Dreyfus Affair,318 which is back in the news and is quite extraordinary. How horrible it would be to have condemned this man if he isn’t guilty – but surely it couldn’t be possible. Arsène Alexandre criticized Roday319 for not having gone far enough and said the Affair was far from being over and could bring about serious consequences. He appears to find the situation critical.

We all ended up laughing a great deal with Faivre, who, though really rather coarse at times, is nevertheless very funny. We treat him as a chum, and are not afraid to say silly things when he is around.

SUNDAY, 26 DECEMBER

I must admit I feel like having fun this coming year; I feel I deserve to enjoy myself and take pleasure in silly things and life in general.

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