Description
French artist Suzanne Valadon was born into poverty, began working at age 10 and with no formal art education became a well-known artist in her lifetime. Artists Edgar Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and others encouraged her and bought her work. Valadon primarily painted female nudes, portraits of women, still-lifes, and landscapes. She shocked the artistic world by painting male nudes as well as less idealized images of women.
