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)
- La Joie de vivre 1911
- Portrait de Madame Germaine Eisenmann 1924
- Self-Portrait 1898
- Bouquet de roses, bleuets et fougères 1930
- Bouquet De Tulipes 1927
- Paysage à Saint-Bernard (Ain) 1932
- Still Life with Fruit and Glass 1910
- Nu aux bas bleus 1916
- Grandmother with Louise, Nude Seated on the Floor 1910
- Nature morte au hareng 1936
- Nu à la draperie 1921
- La coiffure 1905
- Nude boy
- Louson Et Raminou 1920
- Juliette assise au fauteuil 1909
- Nu assis au bord d’un lit 1929
- Nature morte au vase de fleurs 1931
- Maurice Utrillo nu assis circa 1889
- Bouquet de fleurs 1927
- Nu assis se coiffant 1893