Valadon

[ va-la-dawn ]

noun

1. Su·zanne [s, y, -, zan], 1865–1938, French painter (mother of Maurice Utrillo).

Example Sentences

The French model turned painter Suzanne Valadon began to produce nude self-portraits in 1917 and continued to do so as she aged — a radical pursuit then as now.

From New York Times

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

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

Albert Barnes, the megalomaniac collector who bequeathed us the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, collected the work of Maurice Utrillo, the troubled son of Suzanne Valadon.

From Washington Post

In September, the museum opened a vibrant and engaging exhibition of Valadon’s work, reinforcing the idea that she was an infinitely superior artist.

From Washington Post