The Blue Room (Valadon)
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| Artist | Suzanne Valadon |
| Year | 1923 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 90 cm × 116 cm (35 in × 46 in) |
| Location | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris |
The Blue Room (La chambre bleue) is a 1923 painting by the French artist Suzanne Valadon, and is one of her most recognizable works. It is painted in oil on canvas. Like many of Valadon's later works, it uses strong colors and emphasizes decorative backgrounds and patterned materials.[1] The painting is housed at Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. The painting is on exhibit at a Valadon exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia until January 9, 2022.[2] It is pictured on the cover of the exhibition catalog,[3] and a reviewer of the exhibition calls the painting the "showpiece" of the exhibition and discusses it.[4]
Description[]
It depicts "a clothed model who smokes cigarettes, reads books and doesn't make her bed".[5]
References[]
- ^ "Suzanne Valadon". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ "Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel"
- ^ Ireson, Nancy, ed., Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel, Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021, ISBN 978-1913645137
- ^ "Exhibition Note," by Mario Naves, The New Criterion, November 2021.
- ^ Cotter, Holland, "Through Women's Eyes, Finally", nytimes.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
External links[]
- "Suzanne Valadon, La Chambre bleue, 1923". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 17 June 2014. Includes image of the painting
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