Suzanne Valadon | |
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 Self-portrait, 1898, Museum of Fine Arts Houston | |
| Born | Marie-Clémentine Valadon 23 September 1865 Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France |
| Died | 7 April 1938 (aged 72) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism, Symbolism |
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| Partner(s) | Erik Satie, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.
Valadon spent nearly 40 years of her life as an artist.[1] The subjects of her drawings and paintings, such as Joy of Life (1911), included mostly female nudes, portraits of women, still lifes, and landscapes. She never attended the academy and was never confined within a set tradition or style of art.[2] Despite not being confined to any tradition, she shocked the artistic world as the first woman painter to depict a male nude as well as less idealized images of women in comparison to those of her male counterparts.[3]
She was a model for many renowned artists. Among them, Valadon appeared in such paintings as Dance at Bougival (1883) and Dance in the City by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883), and Suzanne Valadon (1885) and The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (1887 - 1889) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- ^ Marchesseau 1996, p. 9.
- ^ Warnod 1981, p. 40.
- ^ "Suzanne Valadon". The Art Story Foundation. Retrieved 17 March 2023.