Renoir's dancer
Subtitle: the secret life of Suzanne Valadon
By: Catherine Hewitt
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781250157652
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Painters; Women painters; Biography
Description: A richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. Catherine Hewitt tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
Notes: "First published in the United Kingdom by Icon Books Ltd [2017]"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.