Died 1938-04-07.
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Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon 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.
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culture · French painter and artists' model (1865–1938) · painter · art model · model · draftsperson · printmaker · artist · also Suzanne Valadon, Suzanne Valadon Utter, Maria Valentine, Marie Clementine Valadon, Maria Clémentine Valadon, Marie Clémentine Utter-Valadon
Born 23 September 1865 · Died 7 April 1938 · Q156889
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Died 1938-04-07.
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Suzanne Valadon died of a stroke on 7 April 1938, at the age of 72, and was buried in Division 13 of the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, Paris.
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1940, 22nd Biennale Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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When Valadon was almost seventy
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Valadon and Utter regularly exhibited work together until the couple divorced in 1934, when Valadon was almost seventy.
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Career landmark: Participated in Salon des Indépendants (tournament / event).
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Valadon began an affair with the painter André Utter, a 23-year-old friend of her son
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In 1909, Valadon began an affair with the painter André Utter, a 23-year-old friend of her son.
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The art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel exhibited a group of twelve etchings by Valadon that show women in various stages of their toilettes
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Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
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Which is notable since competition for acceptance was fierce
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Valadon began a short-lived affair with composer Erik Satie, moving to a room next to his on the Rue Cortot
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Renoir painted her portrait again as Girl Braiding Her Hair
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Suzanne Valadon, is of her head and shoulders in profile
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Aged 18, Valadon gave birth to a son, Maurice Utrillo
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Aged 15, she obtained a job in her most desired field: performing in Cirque Fernando as an acrobat
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Born 1865-09-23.
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