Aurenche, Marie-Berthe |
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BORN 1906 - DIED 1960, Paris CAUSE OF DEATH suicide GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 15) |
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Marie-Berthe Aurenche was the sister of movie writer Jean Aurenche. In 1927 she married the artist Max Ernst. In 1928 they were photographed by Man Ray. They became estranged and divorced in 1936. She became the partner of the painter Chaim Soutine in 1940. They fled from Paris for the nazis and lived in Champigny-sur-Vuede near Chinon. Soutine died in 1943 and was buried in a grave at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris that was owned by her family and she sold some of his paintings to pay for the tombstone. Marie-Berthe suffered from delusions but not much else is known about her. In 1959 her lawyer sent a request to Max Ernst to resume their married life. As a result Ernst asked art gallery owner Eva Stüncke to help him to retrieve his divorce papers an they were located by art collector and lawyer Josef Haubrich. A few months later she killed herself in Paris. She was buried in the same grave as Soutine. Family • Husband: Ernst, Max (1927-1936, Paris) (divorce or separation) Related persons • was the lover of Soutine, Chaim |
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 The grave of Chaim Soutine at the Montparnasse cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (27 Aug 2001) |
