A model and her images. Lili Grenier’s albums

Musée d’Orsay has acquired over a hundred images depicting Noémi Amélie Sans, aka Lili Grenier, professional artist’s model and socialite muse: studio portraits, photos of her in costume for the parties she held with her partner Albert Grenier, snapshots of friendly gatherings in the countryside, and poses photographed in the studio of her lover, the artist Gustave de Belleroche. Thanks to these photographs, preserved in albums by their subject, Lili Grenier’s story is told in a very feminine first person singular.