Suzanne ValadonFrench, 1865–1938The Bath
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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- 2 days ago
- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
About the work
While she received little formal artistic training, Suzanne Valadon had many opportunities to observe artists at work as she modelled for painters such as Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Valadon’s experiences as an artist’s model informed her own renderings of female subjects, whom she portrayed sympathetically and realis- tically as they engage in everyday domestic activities. The Bath is one such deliberately rough and unidealized scene: a young girl bathes with the help of her grandmother. Despite their physical intimacy, the child looks away, her icy blue stare complicating the nurturing relationship a viewer might expect from this type of scene.
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- Accession number
- 1996.640
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- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
