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Suzanne Valadon

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Suzanne Valadon

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Also known as Suzanne Valadon Utter, Maria Valentine, Marie Clementine Valadon, Maria Clémentine Valadon, Marie Clémentine Utter-Valadon, Marie Clémentine Utter-Valadon (Suzanne), Maria Valadon, Suzanne (Maria Valentine) Valadon

French painter (1865—1938)

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Born
Marie-Clémentine Valadon , ( 1865-09-23 ) 23 September 1865, Bessines-sur-Gartempe , France
Died
7 April 1938 (1938-04-07) (aged 72), Paris, France
Known for
Painter
Movement
Post-Impressionism , Symbolism
Spouses
Paul Mousis, André Utter
Partner s
Erik Satie , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Instance of
human
Given name
Suzanne
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Occupation
artist
Languages spoken
French
Notable work
The Blue Room
Field of work
painting
Movement
Symbolism
Image
(Barcelona) Autoretrat al mirall - by Suzanne Valadon.jpg
Work location
Paris
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place of burial
Saint-Ouen Cemetery
Commons category
Suzanne Valadon
date of birth
1865-09-23
date of death
1938-04-07
Commons Creator page
Suzanne Valadon
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Suzanne Valadon
name in native language
Suzanne Valadon
unmarried partner
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
topic's main category
Category:Suzanne Valadon
pseudonym
Suzanne Utter
catalog code
126
date of burial or cremation
1938-04-09
start of work period
1870-01-01
end of work period
1938-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon ( French pronunciation: [syzan valadɔ̃]; 23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born 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.

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