Suzanne Valadon
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Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale d
Self-portrait, 1898, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Valadon as a young woman
Valadon is depicted dancing in Dance at Bougival (1883), by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Joy of Life (1911), by Suzanne Valadon, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Erik Satie
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Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but was undistinguished
Suzanne Valadon
…signed papers recognizing Maurice as his son, although the true paternity was never disclosed. In 1893, Valadon began a short-lived affair with composer Erik Satie, moving to a room next to his on the Rue Cortot. Satie became obsessed with her, calling her his Biqui, writing impassioned notes about "her whole…
Satie in 1920
Satie's birthplace and childhood home in Honfleur, Normandy, now a museum
Satie in 1884
Satie by Santiago Rusiñol, 1890s