Chamerot, Mme. Claudie
(1852–1914)
Chamerot, Mme. ClaudieChamerot, ClaudieClaudie Chamerot (B * PARIS, 1852 – D † 1914) Gifted soprano, born Claudine Viardot, second daughter of Pauline Viardot. Russian novelist Turgenev (1818 – 1883) did little to dispel the frequent rumors that he himself was Claudie's father, though the facts do not support such a paternity. Claudie had her own painting studio in Turgenev's country house at Bougival, on the Seine River near Paris. A portrait she did in 1910 of actress Julia Bartet (1854 –…