Title: Renoir's dancer
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.
Subjects: Painters, Women painters, Biography, Valadon, suzanne, 1856-1938, Painters, france, France, biography, New York Times reviewed, Artists' models
Places: France
People: Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)