Julia and Avery were in Rouen in the fall of 1898, during the Foire de Saint Romain (The St. Romain Fair), which has been held in late October and early November for more than 500 years. It honors the city’s. . .
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When Julia’s brother Avery joined her in Paris in the autumn of 1898, they had the pleasure of visiting together some of the sites she had seen on her arrival two years before. This included Rouen’s. . .
Julia first visited Rouen in June 1896, while traveling with three girlfriends. She then wrote to her cousins about its “squalid dirtiness.” In her rudimentary French. . .
The Army relief—shown on the left—was later described as “an explosion of action.” It features a central figure (who resembles Macmonnies) leading a rearing horse. . .
The U.S. expat sculptor Frederick William Macmonnies—who lived in Paris from 1884-1915—would certainly have been known to Julia by reputation. When he arrived there in 1884, he took. . .
Julia and her young charge, Sara Whitney, shared a single room in a French family’s flat while searching for a better residence. Julia wrote to her cousins on October 12, 1897: “How many fifth story, fourth story. . .
During her first year in Paris (1896-97), Julia lived at the American Girls Club at 4 rue de Chevreuse. Though it provided a safe haven for many young female artists, this rambling 18th-century building was far from ideal. . .
A few of the birthday greetings Julia received from her family still survive. They were mailed to her in Paris, where she was studying architecture. Her mother Eliza. . .
Julia’s sister Emma sent her a novel for her twenty-ninth birthday, writing on January 6, 1901: “I wish you ever so many happy Birthdays and this one too – trusting in some way that you may have. . .
Though Julia’s brother Avery did not arrive in Paris until nine months after she had attended Cyrano de Bergerac, he may have been able to watch a brief portion… Read more »
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