Marie-Florentine Roger (in some sources Royer, 1869 - 1896), better
known by her English-sounding model name Sarah Brown. French artist's
model famous as the "Queen of Bohemia" in 1890s Paris. Her arrest, along
with three other well known artists' models for posing scantily clad as
part of tableau vivant floats at the 1893 Bal des Quat'z'Arts in Paris'
Latin Quarter, provoked one of the most famous student riots of the
late nineteenth century. She modeled for Jules Lefe
brve, Georges Rochegrosse and Frederick MacMonnies, among others.
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Titian-haired beauty called Sarah Brown... took the name
'Sarah' in tribute to Sarah Bernhardt. As she was judged to look
British, or 'celtic', with her long golden red hair she was given the
most British surname they could think of, 'Brown'."
http://fannycornforth.blogspot.com/…/tuesday-11th-december-…
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Her distinguishing physical characteristics were her long hair,
variously described as golden or red and her milky skin... she has the
virginal features of the Middle Ages, hair the color of fire, and she is
built like a statue."
https://books.google.it/books…
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Sarah's reddish-blond hair and her seductive, gymnastic poses
account in part for her popularity in fin-de-siècle ateliers and
academies."
https://books.google.it/books…
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| Clemence Isaure (1887), by Jules Lefebvre. |
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| A detail of Venus and Adonis (1895), by Frederick MacMonnies |
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| Le bal des quat'z arts descendant les Champs-Elysees (1894), by Georges Rochegrosse |
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| Lady Godiva (1890), by Jules Lefebvre |
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