Renoir's dancer : the secret life of Suzanne Valadon /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018Copyright date: �2017Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: viii, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781250157652
- 125015765X
- 759.4 B 23
- ND553.V3 H49 2018
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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BIOG | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Biography | B VAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34480000559710 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.
Life-cycles -- Places to call home -- Testing the line -- Inspiring painters -- Dancing in the city -- Not just a pretty face -- Talent laid bare -- Flavours of happiness -- Picture perfect -- Deviants or delinquents -- The name of the father -- New horizons -- Till death do us part -- What money can buy -- In and out -- Behind closed doors -- Empty chairs and empty tables -- Flickering shades.
A 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. Catherine Hewitt tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
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