Oil painting -> List of Painters -> Suzanne Valadon

Early Days:

   Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter born Marie-Clementine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienna, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She is also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.

Personal Details Name Suzanne Valadon Place of Birth Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienna, France Date of Birth 23 September 1865 Date of Death 7 April 1938 Nationality French Field Painter

Career:

   In the Monometer quarter of Paris, she pursued her interest in art, first working as a model for artists, observing and learning their techniques, before becoming a noted painter herself. She modeled for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (who gave her painting lessons), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Pierre-Cecile Purvis de Chavannes, and is known to have had affairs with the latter two. In the early 1890s she befriended Edgar Degas who, impressed with her bold line drawings and fine paintings, purchased her work and encouraged her efforts. She remained one of Degas' closest friends until his death.

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