Suzanne ValadonFrench, 1865–1938Two Women Drying Themselves
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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- 1956.715
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Meanwhile, in the life of Suzanne Valadon
The whole life1890s
Degas: her first buyer, collectors and etching
Degas was the first person to buy drawings from her, introduced her to other collectors, including Paul Durand-Ruel and Ambroise Vollard, and taught her the skill of soft-ground etching.
1894 · Membership
Société nationale des beaux-arts
1895
Durand-Ruel shows twelve of her etchings
In 1895 the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel exhibited a group of twelve etchings by Valadon showing women at various stages of their toilettes. Later her work was regularly shown at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris.
1895
Marriage to Paul Mousis
In 1895 she married the well-to-do stockbroker Paul Mousis and lived with him for 13 years in an apartment in Paris and in a house on the outskirts; the following year she became a full-time painter.
1896
A full-time painter from 1896
Valadon began painting full-time: her still lifes, portraits, flowers and landscapes are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colours, but she was best known for her candid female nudes, which, by not idealising the body, upset the social norms of the time.
