Episode 64: Suzanne Valadon and the Traditional Female Form

Suzanne Valadon, an early modernist painter, reflects her experience as a sitter for artists like the Impressionist Renoir, turning the convention of the ideal female form on its head. She presents us with a "modern" woman who has little care for the standards of beauty. Links to the works discussed: "The Blue Room," Musée National d'Art Moderne and "Venus of Urbino," https://www.uffizi.it/en/the-uffizi