Reclining Nude
1928 · Oil on canvas (lined)
Dimensions : 23 5/8 x 31 11/16 in.
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Suzanne Valadon posed as a model for the artistsRenoir, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec before she beganpainting herself in 1893. While she favored still-livesand portraits, Valadon is best known for her paintingsof female nudes—a subject rarely chosen by womenpainters at the time. The reclining nude in the presentpainting confronts the viewer through her gaze andproximity to the picture plane, yet she obscures herbody, crossing her legs and covering her breasts. Thepose evokes gestures of modesty associated withclassical Antique sculpture.
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About this artwork
Reclining Nude (1928) by Suzanne Valadon, oil on canvas (lined), from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter and artists' model who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
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