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- Publication Name
- St. Martin's Press
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
125015765X
ISBN-13
9781250157652
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038481646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Renoir's Dancer : the Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Cultural Heritage, European, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-041095
Reviews
"Valadon provides Hewitt with a glorious cast, including Renoir, van Gogh, Toulouse-Laurtrec, and Degas . . . Hewitt's straight-ahead telling of Valadon's dramatic, many-faceted story captures this artist of 'honesty and passion,' this 'matriarch of creative rebellion,' with precision, narrative drive, and low-key awe." -- Booklist (starred review) "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Socit Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . . A well-researched tribute to and resurrection of a master of fin de sicle art." -- Kirkus (starred review) "[An] absorbing, thoroughly researched book. A must for art lovers and scholars, it will also appeal to readers of serious historical biographies." -- Library Journal (starred review) "The cast of world-class artists and the stories of their romantic entanglements combine to produce a book that reads like an opera libretto revolving around a pioneering spirit who bristled at the limiting label of 'woman artist.'" -- Publishers Weekly, "The cast of world-class artists and the stories of theirromantic entanglements combine to produce a book that reads like an operalibretto revolving around a pioneering spirit who bristled at the limitinglabel of 'woman artist.'" -- Publishers Weekly "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Socit Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . . A well-researched tribute to and resurrection of a master of fin de sicle art." -- Kirkus (starred review), "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Socit Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . . A well-researched tribute to and resurrection of a master of fin de sicle art." -- Kirkus (starred review), "Valadon provides Hewitt with a glorious cast, including Renoir, van Gogh, Toulouse-Laurtrec, and Degas . . . Hewitt's straight-ahead telling of Valadon's dramatic, many-faceted story captures this artist of 'honesty and passion,' this 'matriarch of creative rebellion,' with precision, narrative drive, and low-key awe." -- Booklist (starred review) "The cast of world-class artists and the stories of their romantic entanglements combine to produce a book that reads like an opera libretto revolving around a pioneering spirit who bristled at the limiting label of 'woman artist.'" -- Publishers Weekly "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Socit Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . . A well-researched tribute to and resurrection of a master of fin de sicle art." -- Kirkus (starred review), "Valadon provides Hewitt with a glorious cast, including Renoir, van Gogh, Toulouse-Laurtrec, and Degas . . . Hewitt's straight-ahead telling of Valadon's dramatic, many-faceted story captures this artist of 'honesty and passion,' this 'matriarch of creative rebellion,' with precision, narrative drive, and low-key awe." -- Booklist (starred review) "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Socit Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . ." -- Kirkus (starred review) "[An] absorbing, thoroughly researched book. A must for art lovers and scholars, it will also appeal to readers of serious historical biographies." -- Library Journal (starred review) "The cast of world-class artists and the stories of their romantic entanglements combine to produce a book that reads like an opera libretto revolving around a pioneering spirit who bristled at the limiting label of 'woman artist.'" -- Publishers Weekly, "Valadon provides Hewitt with a glorious cast, including Renoir, van Gogh, Toulouse-Laurtrec, and Degas . . . Hewitt's straight-ahead telling of Valadon's dramatic, many-faceted story captures this artist of 'honesty and passion,' this 'matriarch of creative rebellion,' with precision, narrative drive, and low-key awe." -- Booklist (starred review) "Suzanne Valadon may not be a name most people mention when they discuss great artists. This biography should change that. . . . A self-taught artist, she started as a nude model. But when Edgar Degas saw her secret drawings, he said, 'you are one of us,' and helped her become the first woman painter to have works accepted into the Salon de la Société Nationale desBeaux-Arts. . . ." -- Kirkus (starred review) "[An] absorbing, thoroughly researched book. A must for art lovers and scholars, it will also appeal to readers of serious historical biographies." -- Library Journal (starred review) "The cast of world-class artists and the stories of their romantic entanglements combine to produce a book that reads like an opera libretto revolving around a pioneering spirit who bristled at the limiting label of 'woman artist.'" -- Publishers Weekly, On The Mistress of Paris : "Reading like a novel with enticing cliff-hangers, Hewitt's work marries the life of Valtesse with the fascinating history of Paris, imbuing both with vivacity. An entertaining read." - Library Journal "A gorgeous, smart, ambitious, hard-working, steely autodidact and businesswoman whose product was herself, Valtesse would be totally at home in our self-branding society.... Her consumerism, her profession, her politics, and the sheer size of her wealth, make her, alas, a woman for our time." - The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
759.4
Synopsis
Catherine Hewitt's richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful model. But behind her captivating fa ade lay a closely-guarded secret. Suzanne was born into poverty in rural France, before her mother fled the provinces, taking her to Montmartre. There, as a teenager Suzanne began posing for--and having affairs with--some of the age's most renowned painters. Then Renoir caught her indulging in a passion she had been trying to conceal: the model was herself a talented artist. Some found her vibrant still lifes and frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle. At eighteen, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, future painter Maurice Utrillo. But her friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas could see her skill. Rebellious and opinionated, she refused to be confined by tradition or gender, and in 1894, her work was accepted to the Salon de la Soci t Nationale des Beaux-Arts, an extraordinary achievement for a working-class woman with no formal art training. Renoir's Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world., Catherine Hewitt's richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful model. But behind her captivating façade lay a closely-guarded secret. Suzanne was born into poverty in rural France, before her mother fled the provinces, taking her to Montmartre. There, as a teenager Suzanne began posing for--and having affairs with--some of the age's most renowned painters. Then Renoir caught her indulging in a passion she had been trying to conceal: the model was herself a talented artist. Some found her vibrant still lifes and frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle. At eighteen, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, future painter Maurice Utrillo. But her friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas could see her skill. Rebellious and opinionated, she refused to be confined by tradition or gender, and in 1894, her work was accepted to the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, an extraordinary achievement for a working-class woman with no formal art training. Renoir's Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
LC Classification Number
ND553.V3H49 2018
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