Valadon, Suzanne (1867-1938)

French painter. She developed a style characterized by emphatic outlines and strong colours, as in Blue Bedroom 1923 (Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris).

In youth a circus acrobat and artist's model, she was largely self-taught as a painter. Her vigorous and original figure compositions, landscapes, and still lifes gave her success in the 1920s. She was the mother of the painter Maurice Utrillo.