Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)

Even in the genre of still life, Suzanne Valadon’s paintings are distinctive, colorful, well-constructed and vibrant.

The institution, which holds the most important collection of Suzanne Valadon works (1865-1938), according to its director Chiara Parisi (Qda), is preparing for an "ambitious" exhibition dedicated to the artist in Spring 2023. "A World of One's Own" will question "the resolutely contemporary character of the work".

The Lady with the Little Dog, a 1917 oil on canvas, signed and dated, joins the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges for €56,670. The institution had dedicated a virtual exhibition to the artist in 2020.

Utrillo’s Avenue de Versailles et la Tour Eiffel, c. 1921 sold for the sum at a sale on April 17, organized by Maître Jean-Pierre Besch in Cannes. Utrillo (1883-1955), son of artist Suzanne Valadon, was a member of the École de Paris and one of the few well-known Montmartre painters who was actually born there.

Their apartment on avenue Foch in Paris was brimming with treasures, from paintings by Derain and Kisling to a pietra dura (hardstone) table and elegant jewelry.

A new exhibition room opened to the public, on October 22, in the Vallauris ceramics museum in Southern France. It was designed to accommodate 16 pieces created by Picasso between 1947 and 1971 in the Madoura workshop and dedicated to its founder and owner, the ceramist Suzanne Ramié (1905-1974).

Two paintings by Maurice Utrillo that hail from an apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine are up for auction.

Early in the 20th century, Maurice Utrillo established himself as the painter of the city. In his native Montmartre, he adopted an Impressionist approach to depict the urban environment he loved.

A humanist couple’s diamonds and bright bouquet helped a worthy charity, the Fondation des Petits Frères des pauvres.

An immersion in the world of Lili Grenier takes you back to the bubbling energy of Montmartre between 1880 and 1900—that of Toulouse-Lautrec and Louis Anquetin.