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Suzanne Valadon

Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

Palette: #8F5B39 #CFAE75 #B78637 #5F543B #7A381E #B08C62 #837241 #6A839B

  • The Circus (1889): #26221A #66563A #754927 #463523 #A5773D #A38458
  • Forårsblomster I en Vase (1928): #9E9D9E #312E28 #7F7452 #6F786F #4A3F32 #8B965F
  • L'Acrobate, Ou la Roue (1916): #715C2A #61706D #574B21 #B0B09D #D43F2B #334521
  • Portrait d'Une Femme (1934): #BB645C #2D2F3F #E6C8A0 #DE4F3B #51443F #3C4157
  • Portrait de Louis Moysés, Fondateur du Boeuf sur le Toit (ca. 1924): #0B0E0F #C8E1DF #D2B99B #E7E7C7 #262F2D #99AFAC
  • André Utter et Ses Chiens: #DCDEDB #6E633E #B57D35 #4B3719 #65451C #75A15F
  • Petit Palais, Genève (1908): #B07D34 #BE7612 #AB8B8B #935B13 #EDEBE7 #6E6B64
  • Autoretrat Al Mirall: #100B0A #BD8F48 #DFD2A3 #BAAB86 #481D15 #545041
  • Autoretrat Amb Els Pits Nus (1931): #C1B29B #A9BABF #B69A6E #2C363F #161C2A #829CBA
  • Centre Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris (1930): #D9D6C8 #A8A893 #AF522A #0E0C0D #51604F #323833
  • Catherine Allongée Nue sur Une Peau de Panthère (1923): #E0CEAC #D7BF7C #5A4F2F #A79771 #060405 #C19F54
  • Musée National d'Art Moderne (1909): #356578 #ECE9DB #DFC597 #6D5D3A #453933 #27374C
  • Femme dans Un Fauteuil. Portrait de Madame G.: #A79888 #8E8B2D #636828 #C5BCAE #818186 #080707
  • Femme Nue en Draperie: #D3C8A0 #7C3319 #D3A55E #140E0D #DDDCD2 #ADA27D
  • Femme à la Guitare (1920): #355671 #506F53 #6A6041 #171918 #BEA971 #453726
  • Gilberte Nue Se Peignant: #DAC5A0 #7B6A4D #DBDBD3 #221B15 #C5A071 #735234
  • Grand-Mère et Petit-Fils: #353A55 #D8C48A #525868 #542B18 #121735 #31190E
  • Interior of the Cabaret Quat'z'arts with and Edgar Degas by Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola: #111110 #D7AB6E #9F7D61 #5A3827 #E1C49F #7E593E
  • Jeune Femme Faisant du Crochet Par: #141111 #433229 #957F63 #685C53 #647288 #B7BAC2
  • La Vénus Noire: #AB6525 #CD8B2C #DDDBC9 #0D0B09 #774920 #5F6E3C
  • La Chambre Bleue: #D7C7A8 #C4A171 #ECE8DC #797A6C #2C305F #1D1E36
  • Centre Pompidou Paris (1914): #22272B #111316 #8E875C #A6A13F #5E6864 #CABE8E
  • Musée National d'Art Moderne: #0D0E13 #262930 #8A7656 #DBD9C2 #68503A #9DA397
  • La Mère de L'Artiste: #6A8FB6 #807E6F #9D5332 #1D1B1B #2D4B79 #967049
  • Musée d'Arts de Nantes (1923): #E6E0CD #9FA491 #D4B893 #AF8965 #8D3724 #59261A
  • Les Deux Sœurs: #E0D1AC #90713F #7C7661 #C99B69 #E0C982 #100E0C
  • Madame Robert Rey et Sa Fille Sylvie: #403425 #997E4F #994124 #787062 #CFB197 #A89580
  • Nu Assis au Châle Tapis: #CFB08C #AB8565 #824426 #836249 #B26535 #B6AC98
  • Nu au Miroir (1909): #D1B381 #755836 #473E31 #191819 #8D9EA1 #343C3D
  • Musée Paul-Dini de Villefranche-Sur-Saône: #B6973B #D8BA85 #D6D4C2 #82371F #724E2F #0E0C0D
  • Nue sur Un Canapé Rouge: #D6D3BD #07060C #8F5A3D #B2443F #14215B #4C545C
  • Portrait de Charles Wakefield-Mori By: #181B1E #84674B #4B3C35 #BE9D68 #E0C291 #F2E5D0
  • Portrait de Madame Lily Walton: #0F0E13 #717065 #E3DBCB #482A20 #7D482E #613423
  • Portrait de Madame Lévy: #0F111F #5B5B55 #E3D3C0 #918A7C #231C1B #9A5A29
  • Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris: #D1C1A1 #0B0A0A #643925 #362419 #825C3E #918252
  • Musée National d'Art Moderne: #1E2030 #342018 #0A090D #EAD2B7 #A76A32 #91593B
  • Portrait de Famille (1912): #202125 #917C39 #474241 #BBAF8F #2D3B55 #C2B253
  • Portrait de Madame Pétridès: #E2E1D7 #9F5F43 #C5B89E #D8B17D #B88C6A #969A9F
  • The Future Revealed or the Fortune-Teller By: #0F0809 #BC9B7F #74746F #483B32 #2B100D #3F1B15
  • Después del Baño (Suzanne Valadon) (2020): #9D7C41 #8C784F #A7919A #272C29 #5C5634 #3E4B4D
  • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (2022): #A38A31 #B99B68 #655A2B #414524 #623D14 #7E581B
  • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (2022): #AF8749 #A39F8C #C1A37D #895B27 #79140C #922D0F
  • Opera di Sazanne Valadon (2020): #12271D #F8F0DF #99826D #30221A #E8C6AB #5B4940
  • La Natte (1887): #C38B69 #080C0B #24130F #924E31 #976E47 #5A2F22
  • The Braid (c. 1): #BB9C7F #212421 #3C2D26 #967153 #4C5A3F #5E4236
  • Still Life with White Rose (1936): #4F2223 #8B6030 #7F6446 #6A3121 #83492F #2E1A1D
  • Landscape at Saint-Bernard (Ain) (1932): #5A6539 #3D4137 #6E8493 #787837 #867B63 #49432C
  • Juliet Sitting in a Chair (1909): #D2B7A2 #CAD0C5 #98ACA2 #583633 #B48D7E #738B9E
  • The Bath (1908): #EBB273 #F8E1BC #D4AE90 #BA701E #9AA7B6 #BA8858
  • Seated Nude with Shawl Carpet (1921): #D2B491 #B0977C #756B65 #A37049 #C49A68 #954D2A
  • Nude on a Red Couch (1920): #D5CDB0 #08050B #5A211B #7A493B #5E5E5A #AD4540
  • Nu Assis sur Un Canapé (1916): #DAC3AA #58544F #6F97B1 #343644 #8F6F31 #A44939
  • Nude Sitting on the Edge of a Bed (1929): #CEB587 #D29B68 #B07351 #5A4C33 #383223 #959B7A
  • Gilberte Nue Se Coiffant (1920): #887758 #DBC49D #634C32 #B68B58 #352D24 #DDDFD8
  • Young Girl Bathing (1919): #2C2C31 #6A6B5A #6D3535 #F2D8A4 #F4EDD8 #C7B59B
  • Adam and Eve (1909): #AB8E68 #1F3827 #C6B295 #152737 #583622 #4971AD
  • L'Acrobate, Ou la Roue (1916): #715A24 #5B5126 #5A6B68 #ADAA95 #D8402B #2F411E
  • Portrait de Louis Moysés (1924): #090C0D #1D1F1C #CCE5E4 #D7BD9D #9FB3AE #E6E8C8
  • Route dans la Forêt de Compiègne (1914): #B79B6F #3D6053 #233E40 #81653D #64866D #577839
  • The Bathers (1923): #E5E2CF #989C8D #383C3D #D4BC99 #702F22 #943C27
  • Bouquet of Flowers (1928): #9C8F8A #13101E #7C665E #C4BBB8 #70767C #EDE9EA
  • Woman Seated: #989182 #936A52 #5F4835 #39342D #C8C3BA #4E5247
  • Fruit Bowl (1917): #C7BEA2 #93A2AA #B79440 #5E85B2 #A59962 #262225
  • Vase of Flowers (1922): #221611 #352218 #B8BAC7 #755141 #492B1C #EDEDE8
  • Portrait of a Woman (1934): #2F3140 #B36763 #DE4E39 #C25D50 #E6C491 #554A44
  • Nude with Drapery (1921): #CFC2A3 #74735A #202020 #9EA190 #A48D64 #7E6020
  • Bouquet de Fleurs sur Un Guéridon (1925): #63442C #453427 #835C32 #878671 #D9CFB2 #B0B0A0
  • Nature Morte (1920): #353026 #885146 #633426 #AA4C34 #B16B5A #D05439
  • Self-Portrait in the Mirror (1927): #8E7E5D #E0D5AB #AB793D #D9C27E #C59951 #382D22
  • Portrait de Maurice Utrillo (1921): #A27F54 #3E3538 #6A5240 #CFB089 #89755D #C1A153
  • La Dame au Petit Chien (1917): #28221F #442D1E #525248 #68452F #9D5026 #652C18
  • The Woman in White Stockings (1924): #161517 #D8B399 #A13832 #D4C8CA #46231C #B9654B
  • Young Girl Crocheting (1892): #0E0C0B #5A493C #88735C #6F7A8E #302C28 #B0B4BE
  • Bouquet of Flowers (1930): #DCDACB #AEAF99 #596554 #0B0B0D #99421F #D1A66E
  • Mauricia Coquiot Portrait (1915): #0B0B0C #D5CAB0 #6F4D34 #BBA879 #522C1A #4A5D5B
  • Black Venus (1919): #C37F2B #120E0A #606639 #3D2C18 #EBE9DB #73481F
  • After the Bath (1908): #B87212 #B1813A #AA8889 #EFECE7 #895613 #0E0B0D
  • The Abandoned Doll (1921): #1F1E1B #C19F6A #362E1F #93332B #615737 #C3B79B
  • The Blue Room (1923): #DECBA7 #E7E5DF #B89568 #5F6490 #A8A195 #6B6D60
  • La Couturière (1914): #24282A #111418 #8B845D #A3A248 #5A635E #3B4346
  • Portraits of the Family (1912): #252529 #4F4A47 #BCAE8B #34435C #A48F3E #C5B554
  • Portrait of Erik Satie (1892): #1E2020 #746E5F #523B38 #353E3B #625449 #7A6849
  • Joy of Life (1911): #4A4E1E #303318 #9D7C1F #7E6620 #5C4713 #A4875D
  • Reclining Nude (1928): #B1966C #7B7658 #AEAC98 #818776 #544C36 #4C371A
  • Spring Flowers (1928): #A8A5A1 #39332B #7B7455 #7D8283 #8A955A #AC8967
  • Self-Portrait (1883): #BEC2B8 #305763 #5E5C46 #A2AC96 #808C77 #527883
  • Self-Portrait (1898): #120205 #CC9C68 #2F050C #450909 #830F04 #6B0D04
  • Casting the Net (1914): #745635 #492A10 #D89341 #B67F40 #E3AD69 #9E5F22
  • Nudes (1919): #D0AA8D #57813D #84897E #15664C #256A37 #D6DBE2
  • Young Girl in Front of a Window (1930): #788468 #718243 #B18157 #535E4C #684A2B #1B1916
  • Nu au Châle Bleu (1930): #3C3F42 #AEB0A8 #375A76 #CBB89D #5D4D44 #1C304E
  • Portrait of a Woman (1929): #ADB1A1 #CAA787 #8CA7AA #916961 #938376 #262B2E
  • Woman with Guitar (1920): #35546C #4B6950 #151615 #71694A #3B4034 #C4B78D
  • Grandmother and Grandson (1910): #353954 #D4BE7E #2C180E #8F938C #101638 #0F1123
  • Woman in an Armchair. Portrait of Madame G. (1919): #AB9D8D #5D6223 #94902F #898A8F #090807 #D0C5B3
  • Utter Familly (1921): #0A0A0E #222329 #867050 #43474B #E6E4D1 #C9BDA3
  • The Two Sisters (1928): #DCCDA7 #BE8D58 #8D6B3A #DCC074 #7F7760 #1D1E1A
  • André Utter and His Dogs (1932): #DEE0DC #766C46 #4F3B1A #9D6E30 #739F4C #2E3A2B
  • Mrs. Robert Rey and Her Daughter Sylvie (1920): #3F3527 #C9AE94 #877F70 #937C4C #A24628 #6B5539
  • Portrait of Lily Walton (1922): #7B7667 #0D0C11 #EAE4D7 #553224 #1F212D #9B5D37
  • Portrait of Madame Lévy (1922): #0B090E #848276 #101323 #4C4E4C #EADBCA #975425
  • The Artist's Mother (1912): #995030 #5F83AE #908A77 #406087 #BC9550 #454C4B
  • Portrait of Nora Kars (1914): #0F0C0D #3C251B #A26732 #26252F #171C30 #70452B
  • Portrait of Madame Petridès (1937): #E5E3D8 #A36448 #CBA274 #B7B4A7 #DEC79E #7D412A
  • Portrait of Madame Maurice Utrillo, Lucie Valore (1937): #0D0D10 #513831 #AD5C46 #D8D7C9 #D9BE8F #352016
  • Portrait of Charles Wakefield-Mori (1922): #1A1F21 #0C0B0D #B59362 #845C37 #5F5146 #827968
  • The Rising (1920): #A2B7AA #75A3A4 #967B17 #A1A06E #755F22 #A29244
  • Catherine Lying Naked on a Panther Skin (1923): #E2CFAB #0D0808 #D8C077 #B9A474 #706645 #74370D
  • Naked in the Mirror (1909): #2C2824 #91A2A4 #6A4E30 #E1E0D3 #0E0C0D #8F7A5B
  • Nude Woman with a Cat and Flowers (1920): #0F0906 #CFAD85 #544E31 #951910 #7E5B2C #733419
  • Portrait of Maurice Utrillo (1928): #F5EDDA #584E3B #302718 #8F836C #B6AA91 #D7CCB4

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