Suzanne Valadon
Bold female nudes by self-taught pioneer
Suzanne Valadon was a French painter and artists' model 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. The subjects of her drawings and paintings, such as Joy of Life (1911), included mostly female nudes, female portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. She never attended the academy and was never confined within a tradition. As a model Valadon appeared in such paintings as Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 1883 Dance at Bougival and Dance in the City, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 1885 portrait.
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Artworks by this artist (45 total)
- Nude Woman Seated on a Bed first third 20th century
- Nu assis à la draperie 1921
- La petite fille au miroir 1909
- L’arbre 1912
- La Rose au miroir 1919
- Paysage de Genêt 1922
- Grandmother with Louise, Nude Seated on the Floor 1910
- Gilbert Nue Se Coiffant 1920
- Louson Et Raminou 1920
- Bouquet de roses 1923
- Seated Female Nude first third 1900s
- Nu assis se tenant le pied circa 1905
- Nu assis se coiffant 1893
- Bouquet de roses, bleuets et fougères 1930
- Still Life with Fruit and Glass 1910
- Autoportrait 1916
- Nature morte au vase de fleurs 1931
- Nature morte à la rose blanche 1936
- Femmes s’essuyant – Baigneuses 1895
- Bouquet de fleurs 1927