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Suzanne Valadon - Acrobat to Artist #art #history

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Born into poverty, Suzanne Valadon had to work from the age of 11, ending up as a circus acrobat until a back injury switched her into modelling for artists Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and others from whom she learnt the latest techniques and began to develop her own individual style as an artist herself.
She gained acceptance by her peers and was included in prestigious exhibitions, although she was often jostled by truculent crowds struggling to accept that a woman could paint.
Living a bohemian lifestyle, she had a son whose father is not known and a six month affair with composer Erik Satie before marrying a stockbroker. She was then able to paint full time and her work matured. Her female nudes were different from the traditional male fantasy figures, grittier, more honest and she shocked the establishment with her male nudes.
In her forties she left her husband for a younger man, the same age as her son, but they remained together until her death at the age of 72.
Music: Erik Satie: Gymnopèdie n.3 - Arr for soprano saxophone and strings. David Hernando Vitores. CC4.0
She gained acceptance by her peers and was included in prestigious exhibitions, although she was often jostled by truculent crowds struggling to accept that a woman could paint.
Living a bohemian lifestyle, she had a son whose father is not known and a six month affair with composer Erik Satie before marrying a stockbroker. She was then able to paint full time and her work matured. Her female nudes were different from the traditional male fantasy figures, grittier, more honest and she shocked the establishment with her male nudes.
In her forties she left her husband for a younger man, the same age as her son, but they remained together until her death at the age of 72.
Music: Erik Satie: Gymnopèdie n.3 - Arr for soprano saxophone and strings. David Hernando Vitores. CC4.0
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