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Emanuela Potocka, born ''Princess Emanuela Pignatelli di Cerchiara'' (1852–1930), was an Italian-Polish noblewoman and fashionable

salonière A salon is a gathering of people held by an inspiring host. During the gathering they amuse one another and increase their knowledge through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "ei ...

in Paris during the 19th century. She was a descendant of a high noble family from Italy. She married the Polish Count Potocki and established herself at the

Hôtel Potocki The Hôtel Potocki is a former residence of the Polish noble Potocki family in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The architectural style is of a hotel particulier. The palace was once the location of the fashionable salon of Countess Emanuela Po ...

in the

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. Her salon became fashionable and was visited and written about by

Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous Eng ...

Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

, Barrès, Bourget,

Robert de Montesquiou Marie Joseph Robert Anatole, comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac (7 March 1855, Paris – 11 December 1921, Menton) was a French aesthete, Symbolist poet, painter, art collector, art interpreter, and dandy. He is reputed to have been the inspira ...

Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn (; 9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – ''mélodies'' – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born in Caracas b ...

Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the mid-Romantic era, most notable for his ten organ symphonies. His Toccata from the fifth organ symphony has become one of the ...

and others.

Jean Béraud Jean Béraud (; January 12, 1849 – October 4, 1935) was a French painter renowned for his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. Pictures of the Champs Elysees, cafés, Montmartre and the banks of t ...

also painted her salon.

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* http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.ch/2011/01/in-words-of-proust-fascinating-salon-of.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Potocka, Emanuela Potocki family French salon-holders 1852 births 1930 deaths

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