Online Talk: Suzanne Valadon: “The Mistress of Montmartre” [] Bea Aaronson PhD

SUZANNE VALADON:
THE MISTRESS OF MONTMARTRE

by Béa Aaronson PhD

Thursday, February 4, 2021
3:00 pm

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MUSE, MODEL, LOVER, ARTIST!

She was all that and more!

“SHE SEIZED WHAT SHE

WANTED FROM ART AND LIFE,

AND TORE IT FREE WITH BOTH HANDS

MAKING IT IRREVOCABLY HER OWN.”

— Germaine Greer

This woman painted like a man, strong, bold, nothing shy of a Degas or a Toulouse Lautrec!  But alas, she is too often only remembered as the mother of THE most famous Montmartre painter, the neurotic and alcoholic Maurice Utrillo, or the muse and model of Puvis de Chavannes, Auguste Renoir, Degas, Toulouse Lautrec, Modigliani, to name a few of the great masters she inspired.  Did you know Erik Satie composed his melancholic and mysterious Gymnopédies after she broke off their amorous relationship?

Suzanne Valadon painted like she lived, passionately, unbridled, independent, strong willed, and self-determined. Here is what she said about being an artist, and you will immediately recognize her power: “The creative journey is only for the stubborn.  How long are you willing to work at your painting?  Your writing?  Your acting?  Or do you give into family pressure?  Societal pressure? What are you willing to sacrifice for your creative work?  What are you willing to give up?  Life is never easy and the same is true for the creative leader. There are many days when you will take one step forward and three backwards.  Do you have the stubbornness to keep going even when you see very little light at the end of the tunnel?”

La Valadon, as she was called, was part of a circle of artists living and working in Paris’s Montmartre neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century, a moment in French History known as La Belle Epoque. She was born in 1865 and died in 1938. I will re awaken for you moments of her life, so you can feel her strength and determination in fighting destiny and circumstances! She was one of the most notable female artists of the period, and my presentation will honor her and put her back where she belongs, among the greats!

https://vimeo.com/371791970/43cb39dd6b

trailer movie Observar Las Aves

director Andrea Martinez Crowther

Protagonist Béa Aaronson

http://rhuthmos.eu/spip.php?article2600

text and collages published in the International Philosophical platform RHUTHMOS funded and directed by Pascal Michon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUrK1-UmHMw

Pasiones Profundas Humans on my phone

by Gregor Collins (The Accidental Caregiver)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYrkCfBtKU8

Amigos The Life Dance

Collages by Béa Aaronson

Music written and performed by Chico Sanchez and Jorge Gonzalez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-5xt5jxVs&feature=youtu.be

(ars poetica dysraphic poetry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2zQFbMWQ_0&feature=youtu.be

(Impressionism lecture excerpts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRKTi3kPxY&feature=youtu.be

(The Thing is….Ode to Baudelaire)