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Summary of Suzanne Valadon

Typically with a look of defiance and a slight scowl, Suzanne Valadon lived and worked at the absolute epicenter of artistic Paris in its heyday. She was a model and a dear friend to some of the most famous artists of a generation, as well as a groundbreaking artist in her own right. She forged a career in a man’s world, challenged the conventions of the nude, and carved a new critical space in which to consider a woman’s body. Valadon’s portraits are based on real emotions and actual physical experience; they encourage women to look for themselves and to reclaim their own viewpoint. Whilst her technique and observational style have much in common with the French and English Post-Impressionists, her hard hitting and multi-layered thematic edge - a fascinating and central focus on sex and aging - is more akin to that of the German, Austrian, and Scandinavian Expressionists, making Valadon an art historical lynchpin as well as a bright beacon for Feminist Art.

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• Valadon differed from her female contemporaries, Berthe Morisot and Mary Ca
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  Valadon, Suzanne (1865–1938)

  French artist's model who taught herself to paint, then produced still lifes, landscapes, and especially realistic views of women. Pronunciation: Va-la-DAWN. Name variations: Maria; Suzanne Utter. Born Marie-Clémentine Valadon on September 23, 1865, at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France; died on April 7, 1938, in Paris of a stroke; daughter of Madeleine Valadon (an unmarried seamstress) and an unknown father; had an elementary education in convent school in Paris, 1870–74; married Paul Mousis (a Parisian businessman), in 1896 (divorced around 1909); married André Utter (a painter), in 1914; children: (possibly with Miguel Utrillo y Molins, a Spanish artist) illegitimate son, Maurice Utrillo (b. 1883, the artist).

  With her mother, settled in the Montmartre section of Paris (1866); began work as an artist's model (c. 1881); completed first known works (1884); met with Degas (c. 1887); Miguel Utrillo formally adopts her son Maurice (1891); completed first paintings (1892); had love affair with Erik Satie (1893); had initial exhibition of her work (1894

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  Suzanne Valadon

  French painter and artists' model

  "Valadon" redirects here. For other uses, see Valadon (disambiguation).

  Suzanne Valadon (French pronunciation:[syzanvaladɔ̃]; 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. 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. Despite not being confined to any tradition, she shocked the art 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 pai