Suzanne Valadon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Suzanne Valadon

French painter

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1865

Place of Birth: Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1938

Profession: painter, art model, model

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Suzanne Valadon

  • Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) 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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