In 1865, Suzanne Valadon was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon to an impoverished single mother in Montmartre. In her 2017 biography, “Renoir’s Dancer,” Catherine Hewitt describes the young artist as a headstrong, imaginative child who exasperated the nuns trying to teach her. Valadon held a s...
In the paintingSelf-Portrait (Tamara ina Green Bugatti)(1929), Lempicka asserts herself as a true icon of the modern woman, in control of both her speed and her destiny. Along with Marie Laurencin, Lempicka was one of the most sought-after portraitists of...