Suzanne Valadon

Suzanne Valadon is a self-taught French painter, exceptional figure who went from model to recognized artist, first woman admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Her powerful and uncompromising work is distinguished by bold, non-idealized female nudes painted with rare frankness, as well as portraits, still lifes, and landscapes with vivid colors and assertive contours. Freed from academic conventions, she imposes an authentic feminine gaze on the body and sensuality, marking art history with her stylistic independence and uncompromising vision.