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Portrait of the Family
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My work is finished and the only satisfaction it gives me is that I have never surrendered. I have never betrayed anything that I believed in. You will see the truth one day, perhaps, if anyone ever takes the trouble to do me justice.
Valadon to Francis Caro, 19371(p88)
Marie-Clémentine (Suzanne) Valadon (1865-1938) was the illegitimate daughter of a sewing maid and washerwoman who brought her to Paris, France, from the French countryside in 1870. She grew up on the streets of Montmartre (the ancient site of the temple of Mars, the place of martyrdom of French saints, and the center of night life in La Belle Epoch). It was a dangerous and exciting time for a child during the years after the disastrous Prussian defeat of France in 1871 and the failed Paris Commune. Valadon was a tomboy who began sketching from windows and rooftops at age 9 . . . [Full Text of this Article]
James C. Harris, MD
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