17 February 1920 Philippe Smit eats lunch rue St. Marc 8 in our embroidery workshop.

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1 1 17 February 1920 Philippe Smit eats lunch rue St. Marc 8 in our embroidery workshop. 18 February 1920 Philippe eats lunch rue Saint-Marc 19 February 1920 Philippe eats dinner rue Malte Brun. Chat about Rodin at Hotel Biron Rollinat "Les Apparitions" Pierre Dupont. Claude Debussy César Franck 20 February 1920 Philippe eats dinner 21 February 1920 Philippe eats dinner 22 February 1920 Philippe has lunch and dinner. Stroll on Montmartre rue de l abreuvoir - rue des Saules rue Norvins rue Saint-Rustique Moulin de la Galette - rue Lepic Place Blanche Moulin Rouge boulevard des Batignolles Gare Saint-Lazare 23 February 1920 Philippe eats lunch. He went to see Bartholome, the sculptor, in order to be introduced to the Spanish painter Zuloaga and look at the paintings of El Greco. 25 February 1920 Philippe eats diner. Chat about the painter El Greco. 26 February 1920 Philippe and his chat about Rodin and the Biron Museum. 29 February 1920 Philippe and I visit the studio of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, 18 Impasse Maine. In the afternoon stroll in the Parc de Saint-Cloud.

2 2 2 March 1920 Philippe sleeps for the last time rue Malte Brun. I go to fetch him 10, rue de la Pépinière in his small room (7th left), back stairs - the new arrangement of his room. 7 March 1920 Philippe and our trip to Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse (33 km from Paris) The church of Saint-Rémy l Yvette - Chevreuse and its castle (12 th and 15 th [cent.]) built on the rim of the Plateau of Hauvillers or Madeleine (168m altitude) Dampierre and its castle built in the 16th by the Cardinal of Lorraine. Completely reworked on the basis of the designs of Hardouin Mansart by the Duke of Chevreuse. 10 March 1920 Philippe eats lunch rue Saint-Marc. Stroll along the quaysides. His visit to the painter Zuloaga, the Grecos. Zuloaga and his imminent departure for Spain. 13 March 1920 Philippe eats diner. Chat about his stroll in Barbizon, has seen Millet s grandson. His visit to the painter Lucien Simon, rich painter! Disappointed by his art, he is not a lover of Brittany; he is ignorant of its Legends. 17 March 1920 In the evening Philippe. He is refused exhibition at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. His visit to Henri Rivière, charming man. His visit to Felix Fénéon. 21 March 1920 Philippe eats diner. His visit to Vuillard, the little bird of intimacy, Vuillard should go to the Nationale to see his works. ꞌpiétaꞌ [PS 189]. ꞌportraits of Smit and of his sister Emmaꞌ [PS 174]. ꞌthe Vagabond s Legendꞌ [PS 211]. Vuillard should give him a letter of introduction to Claude Monet in Giverny

3 3 24 March 1920 Philippe eats diner Vuillard, at the Nationale, has seen Philippe s paintings. His non-understanding, finds it caricatural, his going astray. 26 March 1920 In the evening Philippe. 30 March 1920 Visit to Philippe rue de la Pépinière for tea. Saw his "Pieta" "The legend of the vagabond" "Portraits of Smit and Emma" 31 March 1920 Visit to Philippe rue de la Pépinière for tea. 3 April 1920 The whole family goes to rue de la Pépinière to see his works. 8 April 1920 Visit to Philippe rue de la Pépinière with Chardon. 10 April 1920 Philippe eats lunch rue Saint-Marc. His visit to the painter Picasso rue de la Boétie. His first period his current work!! back to his first period 11 April 1920 In the evening rue Malte Brun Mr and Mrs Urban - Anton Zelling - Philippe Smit - Mr and Mrs Heckeldorff - Eliane - Mathilde and me. At the piano Anton Zelling Claude Debussy Maurice Rollinat [:] sang les corbeaux, le bucheron, To a Wild Rose by Marc Edward Dowell, Cathédrale [sic] by Anton Bruckner.

4 4 26 April 1920 I received a letter from Philippe saying that the painter Picasso came to see him in his small room at 10 rue de la Pépinière. 8 September 1920 Meeting with Philippe, rue de la Pépinière Mr and Mrs Urban - Jan Zondag - Maryke - Mr and Mrs René Massé. 9 September 1920 Mr and Mrs Urban, Philippe were received by the painter Claude Monet in Giverny. They didn t arrive before 23:30. Matilda and I keep Maryke and Jan Zondag company. 15 September 1920 Departure of the Urban family to Amsterdam, as well as Philippe (Gare du Nord) Saw Lucien Guitry - Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps. 9 November 1920 Philippe visits Place Vendôme. I take him to our embroidery workshop, 8 rue Saint-Marc. He just had an exhibition of his works at "de Sparren" in Laren (sold 5 for 2000 frs). 10 November 1920 Philippe eats dinner he gave us a pastel as a souvenir of "de Sparren". 13 November 1920 In the evening Philippe. The life of Anton Zelling as a waiter. The Toulouse-Lautrecs at the home of Anton s friend. At "de Sparren" it was Anton who was Saint-Nicolas. Dien s party and the flowery armchair. Philippe's visit to the Louvre, the Egyptians and the sarcophagi painted with love by artists who didn t show them to anyone. What beautiful characters these artists.

5 5 27 November 1920 Philippe eats diner, he signed the pastel "de Sparren" that he gave as a souvenir of my stay in Holland. 2 December 1920 Went to visit Philippe rue de la Pépinière. Saw his 3 studies made in Recloses (Fontainebleau forest) 1st moon effect on the rocks (purple) 2nd forest and ferns, the death of nature (in ochre tones) 3rd forest crossroads (dark and mysterious) Chardon joins me. 3 December 1920 Philippe eats dinner. 5 December 1920 Philippe eats dinner. 7 December 1920 I am picking up Philippe rue de la Pépinière and will take him to Gare du Nord (departure for Holland). 16 April 1921 Mathilde, Eliane and me, Gare du Nord for the arrival of Mr and Mrs Urban, Philippe Smit, Anton Zelling coming from Laren N. H. We go to rue de la Pépinière and from there to the "Restaurant de Rouen" Saint Lazare train station. 17 April 1921 In the evening, rue Malte-Brun, Mr and Mrs Urban, Anton Zelling, Philippe Smit, Mr and Mrs Heckeldorff. On the piano Anton Zelling, he sings Maurice Rollinat s "les courbeaux", "le bucheron" "la mort des fougères" Debussy - Cesar Franck s "le chevalier maudit" Anton Dien René Auguste Eliane Mathilde Nico Line Philippe

6 6 27 September 1921 Philippe and me in the Luxembourg Garden. long chat. He eats dinner rue Malte Brun leaves for Recloses 2 November 1924 Recloses. I will meet with Mr and Mrs Urban, Maryke, Philippe Smit and Anton Zelling at the "Auberge de Recloses". We go by car - Le Vaudoué - Noisy-sur-Ecole, wonderful small village with old tiled-roofs. Its lovely church, we eat lunch at "Gadaud". We leave for Larchan, its medieval cathedral in ruins, the farm of the "Chapitre" (very nice effect). Autumn is remarkable. Back to Recloses via Villiers-sur-Grez. A few notes on the piano by Anton Zelling. Chat [about] Gustave Geffroy and Anton, Anton s visit to Mme Claude Debussy, Anton s calling card, the domestic servant "you will have a long wait" 1 We eat dinner, the car takes me back to Fontainebleau train station. 6 November 1924 Eliane and I are going to have tea at the "Hotel Louvois" place Louvois, Mr and Mrs Urban, Maryke, Philippe Smit, Anton Zelling. Chat about the Salon d'automne, Gustave Geffroy and Anton, their walks in Recloses, Grez-sur-Loing etc etc. 7 November 1924 Visit of Anton Zelling, place Vendôme. 8 November 1924 Anton Zelling eats dinner rue Malte Brun, the Heckeldorff. André Couture. Musical evening. 9 November 1924 In the evening, Anton Zelling and musical waves Mussorgsky "Boris Godounov" Maurice Rollinat, les courbeaux, les fougères, les violettes - l Arlésienne - memories of Paris In the morning, he was at Gonot, friend of Rollinat. The afternoon at Gustave Geffroy s, he played and sang Rollinat s songs. 1 «brossez moi» the expression used by Massé is not clear at all but he could have meant this.