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| Valadon, Suzanne |
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| (süzän´ välädôN´) (KEY) , 1867–1938, French painter. After abandoning successful careers as an acrobat and as artist’s model to many of the major impressionists, Valadon, encouraged by Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas, became a painter. Her fresh, intensely personal works, including landscapes, nudes, and portraits, are executed in vibrant colors with heavy black outlines. Valadon was the mother of the painter Maurice Utrillo. |
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