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Valadon

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[va-la-dawn] / va laˈdɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Suzanne 1865–1938, French painter (mother of Maurice Utrillo).


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He lived in Montmartre, where he quickly befriended the likes of Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine — a fellow Jewish expatriate — and Maurice Utrillo, the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

But neither quite seizes you by the collar like the thick black outlines and arrested perspective Suzanne Valadon used in her 1932 painting “Bouquet de Fleurs sur une Petite Table.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Valadon’s son slumps over disconsolately; her elderly mother stares passively; her tall young lover earnestly occupies his corner; while Valadon herself looks out warily, her mind somewhere else.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

After a few unsuccessful career attempts, which she later claimed included a circus act, Valadon began modeling for artists in her teens.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Reproduced in facsimile by Messrs Boussod, Valadon & Co., for limited edition, and, like the rest, in photogravure for ordinary edition.

From Aubrey Beardsley by Ross, Robert

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