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"Portrait de Maurice Utrillo", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Suzanne Valadon, a rebellious Montmartre painter

Posted: March 10, 2011 21:46 Last Updated: | Gene Oliver

She wanted to live a bohemian life when only men were allowed to. She posed as a model for most Montmartre painters in the early 20th century. Erik Satie and Toulouse-Lautrec were her lovers among several others. She was the mother of Maurice Utrillo. His name is familiar to anyone interested in art when hers is still unknown to many. Who was this woman who painted like a man but is often only remembered in association with the successful men she met?Marie-Clémentine Valadon, a woman Renoir called Maria and Toulouse-Lautrec Suzanne, became the painter Suzanne Valadon.Born out of ...