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拍品专文
MAURICE UTRILLO AND SUZANNE VALADON
LA VIE À MONTMARTRE
“I paint with the stubbornness I need for living, and I’ve found that all painters who love their art do the same.” - Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon was the first woman to be admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Before becoming known as an artist in her own right, she first posed as model for famous artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and can be seen in some of their best-known compositions. Valadon learned painting by observing the artists in the milieu of Montmartre for which she modelled and progressively learned their technique. She is best known for still life compositions, nudes and landscapes,
depicted in vibrant and bright colour, often using bold black lines to define the objects and figures.
In Nu aux bottines, Valadon sensually articulates the contours and shape of the female body by using many different tones, from shades of pinks to yellows and greens. Evident in this work is her familiarity with female sensuality and emotion, something she articulated in her own unique way, with a different approach to her male contemporaries.
With her rebellious and passionate personality, Suzanne Valadon was known to have had different affairs with many of her fellow artists for whom she modelled. At 18, she became pregnant with her son, Maurice Utrillo, the identity of whose father is still questioned today. Maurice, who later became a painter himself, took the name of Suzanne Valadon’s friend Miguel Utrillo who acknowledge his paternity when he was 8 years old. Throughout his life, he continued to sign his paintings with a “Maurice Utrillo V.” with the ‘V’ at the end standing for ‘Valadon’ as an homage to his mother.
Trained as an artist by his mother, Maurice Utrillo started painting at age 19. He was most interested in depicting ordinary houses, suburban churches, street scenes of Montmartre and developed his own impressive style. From 1910 his work became well-known by the public and subsequently, is one of the best-known artists of his generation, awarded the Cross of the Légion d’honneur in 1928.
LA VIE À MONTMARTRE
“I paint with the stubbornness I need for living, and I’ve found that all painters who love their art do the same.” - Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon was the first woman to be admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Before becoming known as an artist in her own right, she first posed as model for famous artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and can be seen in some of their best-known compositions. Valadon learned painting by observing the artists in the milieu of Montmartre for which she modelled and progressively learned their technique. She is best known for still life compositions, nudes and landscapes,
depicted in vibrant and bright colour, often using bold black lines to define the objects and figures.
In Nu aux bottines, Valadon sensually articulates the contours and shape of the female body by using many different tones, from shades of pinks to yellows and greens. Evident in this work is her familiarity with female sensuality and emotion, something she articulated in her own unique way, with a different approach to her male contemporaries.
With her rebellious and passionate personality, Suzanne Valadon was known to have had different affairs with many of her fellow artists for whom she modelled. At 18, she became pregnant with her son, Maurice Utrillo, the identity of whose father is still questioned today. Maurice, who later became a painter himself, took the name of Suzanne Valadon’s friend Miguel Utrillo who acknowledge his paternity when he was 8 years old. Throughout his life, he continued to sign his paintings with a “Maurice Utrillo V.” with the ‘V’ at the end standing for ‘Valadon’ as an homage to his mother.
Trained as an artist by his mother, Maurice Utrillo started painting at age 19. He was most interested in depicting ordinary houses, suburban churches, street scenes of Montmartre and developed his own impressive style. From 1910 his work became well-known by the public and subsequently, is one of the best-known artists of his generation, awarded the Cross of the Légion d’honneur in 1928.