1930, Suzanne Valadon, Young Girl in Front of a Window -- San Diego Museum of Art
From the museum label: Suzanne Valadon was independent by the age of ten. She grew up in the bohemian quarter of Montmartre—supporting herself through odd jobs including waiting tables and working as a circus performer. In the early 1880s, Valadon began modeling for artists including Pierre-August Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, While Valadon could not afford art classes, she learned by observing those around her. She achieved a successful career, culminating in four major retrospective exhibitions during her lifetime. She was primarily known as a figure painter, and the distortion of space and objects as well as the use of dark outlines is characteristic of Valadon's later work.
1930, Suzanne Valadon, Young Girl in Front of a Window -- San Diego Museum of Art
From the museum label: Suzanne Valadon was independent by the age of ten. She grew up in the bohemian quarter of Montmartre—supporting herself through odd jobs including waiting tables and working as a circus performer. In the early 1880s, Valadon began modeling for artists including Pierre-August Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, While Valadon could not afford art classes, she learned by observing those around her. She achieved a successful career, culminating in four major retrospective exhibitions during her lifetime. She was primarily known as a figure painter, and the distortion of space and objects as well as the use of dark outlines is characteristic of Valadon's later work.