Suzanne Valadon Victorine ou La Tigresse (1919)
Reclining Nude (1928)
Suzanne Valadon, born Marie-Clémentine Valadon (1965 - 1938) was a free spirited French painter,who started modeling as a teenager for artists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir before picking up a brush herself. It was Degas, whom she befriended in the early 1890's, who encouraged her to paint. She belonged to the Bohemian artists of Montmartre. At the age of 18 she gave birth to her son Maurice, born out of wedlock, his biological father was unknown. When Maurice was 8, Spanish artist Miguel Utrillo y Molins signed a legal document acknowledging paternity, although it was never really clear, if he in fact was the father. Maurice struggling with alcohol abuse and mental illness, was introduced to painting by his his mother, and became a famous, international renowned painter him self, overshadowing the success of Suzanne.
La Femme au bas blancs (1924) Flower vase on a round table (1920)
Suzanne by Toulouse-Lautrec (1885) Suzanne posing naked
Suzanne painted still lifes, flowers, portraits and landscapes, but was best known for her female nudes. Her first exhibitions, held in her early 20's in the late 19th century, consisted mostly of portraits. Today some of her work can be seen in Centre Pompidou in Paris, the museum of Grenoble and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Suzanne Valadon working (1926), she was already 61 here
Madame Lévy Suzanne with her son, painter Maurice Utrillo
Femme allongée sur un canapé
She is my favorite female artist, and I love her work for the compositions, and her use of colour. Her colour palette avokes a sort of romance, loveliness but at the same time her work seems a bit gritty, which I think describes her personality; this free spirited girl, with a very strong will, who became the mistress of Montmartre... She died at the age of 72 and was buried in Paris.
Aperitif hour on the Butte. Suzanne Valadon, her son Maurice Utrillo, and
Andre Utter, all famous artists of Montmarte, enjoying some vermouth
as they pause from their work.
Le Lilas Suzanne in La Danse à Bougival (1882-1883)
by Renoir
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