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Post-Impressionism · France

Suzanne Valadon

1865–1938 · From artists' model to unsentimental nude painter

NudesPost-ImpressionismBold outlineMontmartre

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Valadon learned by being looked at, then reversed the arrangement. Her nudes are heavy-outlined, uningratiating, and among the first painted by a woman without apology.

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