Suzanne Valadon Most Famous Paintings

Portrait of Maurice Utrillo Painting by Suzanne Valadon

Adam and Eve Painting By Suzanne Valadon 

Casting the Net Painting by Suzanne Valadon

This oil on canvas painting was created in 1914 and is now held in the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy, France. The work depicts a large colorful net being cast into the water.

Despite the size, the painting is quite small when compared to other paintings by the artist.

The painting is a powerful symbol of liberation and freedom and is a bold statement against social norms. In Casting the Net, three male nudes cast the fishing net into the water. 

Date: 1914; Paris, France
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Tag: male-nude, fishing
Location: Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France 

The Abandoned Doll Painting by Suzanne Valadon

This work is currently housed in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

The Abandoned Doll is a portrait of the artist's niece. Although the painting is not a portrait, it tells a universal story about a girl's growth, from a child to an adult. This story has a powerful effect on many viewers, regardless of gender.

The oil painting is an exemplary example of Valadon's mature style, with vivid colors, distorted anatomy, and dark outlines. The girl in the painting looks in the mirror, twisted away from the viewer.

This distortion of her body suggests a sense of internal reflection. Moreover, the presence of the mirror suggests that the girl may be transitioning from childhood to maturity.

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Nude Arranging Her Hair Painting by Suzanne Valadon

Nude Arranging Her hair is typical of Valadon's nudes, which she regularly showed nude women while engaging in ordinary, everyday tasks.

The artist's signature style may be seen in both the plain paint strokes and the strong wavy lines that frame the elements. Hues, such as green, can be seen in the skin tones that resemble the greens in the background's floor and drape.

Valadon placed her subject in the middle of the image, where she is seen standing on a mound of white fabric that could be old clothing.

In her artwork, Valadon frequently utilized white with blue contours as an unbiased component to contrast the tones of the colors around it. Yet her innate sense of independence and individuality led her to create provocative works. 

Women in white stockings by Suzanne Valadon

Many of the women painted by fellow french artist Toulouse-Lautrec are symbolized in Suzanne Valadon's Woman in White Stockings. Suzanne Valadon does not inflate or idealize the women she portrays.

A flower under the chair, colorful heels, and eye-catching cosmetics all hint that the subject is, perhaps, a nightclub dancer.

Such women were frequently portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, who was a colleague of Suzanne Valadon. 

Art form: Painting
Subject and objects: Portrait, Genre scene
Style of art: Post-Impressionism
Technique: Oil
Materials: Canvas
Date of creation: 1924
Size: 117×89 cm 

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Family Portrait Painting By Suzanne Valadon

Valadon's Family Portrait is a striking piece of art that captures the dynamics of the family.

The work subverts traditional expectations of what a family should look like and is depicted using Valadon's unique style.

It echoes the work of artists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh and parallels Austrian Expressionist painting. 

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Joy of life by Suzanne Valadon

The painting Joy of Life by Suzanne Valadon is a popular masterpiece in the world of art.

Painted in 1911, the masterpiece was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967. It is an enduring example of post-expressionist art, displaying a dazzling combination of classical and modern elements.

The painting first received international attention when it was first exhibited in Paris. After meeting young Andre Utter, Valadon began to paint more than she ever had. Her newfound love affair triggered her creative side.

She began to focus on depicting the nude in her work, creating masterpieces such as Adam and Eve and Joy of Life.

Her art career was boosted even further, and she was soon collaborating with some of the most prominent art dealers of the day, including Berthe Weill.  

Art form: Painting
Subject and objects: Landscape, Portrait, Nude
Style of art: Postmodernism
Technique: Oil
Materials: Canvas
Date of creation: 1911
Size: 122.9×205.7 cm

Maurice Utrillo Playing With a Slingshot by Suzanne Valadon

In 1908, Valadon and Utrillo were married. They had a son, Maurice. The couple lived in a small apartment in Montmartre.

This simple backside drawing of her son (Maurice Utrillo), shows him right before he is about to use his slingshot. 

Date: 1895; Paris, France
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: sketch and study
Media: crayon, paper
Tag: famous-people, children, male-nude

Miss Lily Walton Painting by Suzanne Valadon

Miss Lily Walton is seating on a couch with a cat in her lab. She appears to be looking directly at the viewer. She might have been a sitter for Maurice Utrillo, who was Valadon's son.