In memory of Mata-Hari

I would have loved to have the time and the energy to write a little tribute to Mata-Hari yesterday, on her death's anniversary, but I was exhausted. More than a decade ago, when I was a poor PhD student, I wrote a short article in French about Mata-Hari for a cultural and educational project.

I have always been more interested in artists from the past than present-day artists (there are very few real artists, nowadays) and I have a soft spot for the Belle Époque and the entre-deux-guerres eras.

I would have love to live in Paris at that time and to meet all the foreigners writers and artists I admire since my childhood.

For the moment, I cannot write more, nor draw a portrait of Mata-Hari.

I will just post a photograph taken on 13th March 1905, during Mata-Hari's dance show at wonderful Musée Guimet, which is one of my favourite museums in Paris.

Short article by me.

Vera da Pozzo

Paris, 16th October 2026

(C) Vera da Pozzo

(C) Italy is Mine

(C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

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