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
- Pommes, Pichet Et Théière circa 1919
- Bouquet de roses 1923
- Gilbert Nue Se Coiffant 1920
- Self-Portrait 1898
- Juliette assise au fauteuil 1909
- Les lilas et camélias 1936
- Nature morte au vase de fleurs 1931
- L’arbre 1912
- Bouquet De Tulipes 1927
- Nu assis à la draperie 1921
- Autoportrait 1916
- Still Life with Fruit and Glass 1910
- La Joie de vivre 1911
- La coiffure 1905
- Nature morte au hareng 1936
- Nude Woman Seated on a Bed first third 20th century
- Nu aux bas bleus 1916
- The Abandoned Doll 1921
- Compotier de fruits, pot et serviette 1924
- Eglise de vieux moulin près Compiègne (Oise) 1914