Suzanne Valadon was a self taught artist. Her son got very famous and well known. Like a lot of women artist she is not as well unfortunately. You should check the book "history of art without men"
@@Jg20-n9x I am not surprised. You only have to go to any public library there might be a couple ... I have recently watched a documentary on Yayoi Kusama it is heart breaking so much art concept stolen from her by well known male artist...
Sorry Fran, if I may: I think you have been partially misled about Suzanne Valadon's life. I'm not sure where you studied about this specific time in art history, but a few things you said in your (very nice and interesting) video seem more like a loose re-interpretation of French's "fin de siècle" events, more than a realistic chronicle. Firstly, Degas wasn't Suzanne's lover or love interest, at all! Renoir was. For a short period of time, she and Renoir shared a delicate, romantic lieson before he fell in love with Aline Charigot, his muse and model and later his wife (until the very end). Degas was introduced in 1887 to Marie Clèmentine (her old name) by common friend Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was very fond of Marie, both as a woman and an artist. He bought some of her drawings and decided to help her the best way he could, starting with the suggestion to distance herself from the modeling life to reach a higher status as a proper artist and to achieve well deserved success. To do that, he suggested to her to change the name from Marie to Suzanne, referring to the biblical tale of "Susanna and the elders" (an episode from the Book of Daniel about a young wife falsely accused of adultery by two old judges that were actually trying to sleep with her), episode very famous throughout the centuries which was painted by a multitude of artists (Tintoretto, Pinturicchio, Veronese, Rembrant, Rubens and many more). Toulouse-Lautrec introduced Marie/Suzanne to Edgar Degas and when Degas saw her paintings, he found them incredibly vivid, lively and wild, giving Suzanne the (affectionate, not offensive!) nickname "la terrible Marie", referring not to her personality but to her fierce and untamed style of painting. In 1889, Degas invited Suzanne to the Volpini Exposition, a vernisage of many modern impressionists that were refused by l'Exposition Universelle because considered too "sauvages" and that decided to expose their works in a rival venue. Degas was invited to exhibit his pastels at l'Exposition Universelle but declined because he despised the crescent conservatism that wanted to rule the art world more and more (including limiting women's life to home, family and being at the service of men, like you rightfully said). So he brought Suzanne to the Volpini and introduced her to all art merchants and artists he knew, including Paul Gauguin, who enchanted her with his Primitivism, a painting style that she found very familiar because similar to hers and that she adopted, re-elaborated and transformed and that brought her, in 1894, to be the very first woman to enter with flying colors to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She made it first and foremost because of her own hard work and her determination but, it must be said, she was never left alone by her friends and fellow artists during the many battles for her personal affirmation. And about Edgar Degas: he and Suzanne remained best friends until the day he died, in 1917: a true friendship 30 years long.
A good dupe is the Stillman and Birn sketchbooks. Both the Epsilon and Zeta series have smooth white paper and come in softcovers, it's just a matter if you prefer a heavier weight (Zeta) or not. If you want slightly more tooth, the Alpha series is also nice.
I’m so excited every time I see a new video of yours ❤ I’ve been following you for ten years, you made me want to become an illustrator and I’m finally about to pen an online store 😭 probably never would get to this point without you, thank you so much for inspiring me Fran ❤
Omg, I've never heard of Suzanne Valadon so I'm very happy that you had a segment at the end about her! Love seeing the comments responding to this painter too and giving her her flowers
You are the reason why i'm listening to Talking Heads so early this morning with a nice hot tea, a slice of bread & butter, and try hard coping with a sleepless night. What else you've been listening too during doing pending laundry? Next video, flipping through some of your record collection would be a treat.
Hi Fran, I found the new Ohuhu double-sided marker pad to be very similar to Crescent Rendr paper. It's available in a spiral bound and glue bound pad.
I really like the Stillman and Birn sketchbooks. I use the Zeta series. Paper is very smooth and good for my type of pen and pencil sketches. Paper is thick and I have never had anything bleed through.
Brilliant vid, loved the usual chilled fly on wall that always reminds me to get a coffee on…fascinated with the Valadon intro, I’ll definitely look her up, I can see similarities to fellow artists at that time, but her paintings are fresher and sharper.
Fran! Please do more digressions about artists you read about, admire, and love. I loved learning about Suzanne Valadon (as well as everything else in your videos). Not a weird ending at all!
so glad i got to learn about suzanne valadon in this vlog - i love your videos, as always : thank you for sharing !! sending you lots of love from paris
Fran oh you made my day,i LOVE your bookshelf you made,bookhauls,your qute kitchen and your apartment,so cozy and homey!!!! Love these kind of videos so much💖❤🧡💛💚💙💜🫂🌱🍀🌿🫖🥧🍵🕯📓📚🖋Warm hugs on its way to you
Just saying, that I love this art supplies shop since I moved to NYC. It was always my go to, as I live in Bk as well. Everything looks sooo freaking familiar :)
Such a great video. I really enjoyed your outdoor activities. Sad about your sketchbook though. Hope you find a new but similar book soon. Thanks for sharing.
I used to have my cat’s whiskers in a little coloured box (for candies), it’s really a cat lady thing ahahah ❤ Thank you for sharing Suzanne with us, the last self portrait is so beautiful! I certainly am a "terrible" woman too, a lot of men said something similar to me often. And this month I’m having a look to skillshare for the first time, hope that helps you a bit, using your link. I wish I’d be a patreon in the future.
Just discovered the crescent sketchbook amd I love it! I have to run to the art store so fast to get some before they're gone forever.. 💔 hope you'll also get some or at least a good dupe!! 💙💙
Vives en un sitio chulísimo. Me resulta muy inspirador. En Madrid no tenemos esos barrios. Me encantaría ir allí pero el tema de medicos parece que es bastante desalentador 😢. Un vídeo muy chulo❤ Gracias
Your vlog is such a good start into the day! I found a similar sketchbook from boesner. But this will not really help you, unless you are in Berlin soon, check them out and bring back home a suitcase with sketchbooks :D
I feel you on the sketch book. I am a clarinet player and they discontinued my preferred reed a long time ago, the Glotin Gaia 3.5 Blue Box. I have not found my new favorite yet.
Holi Fran, hace un rato que veo tus blogs pero no tenía idea que erai Chilena!! Jejejej un besito, me súper relaja tu contenido. Un abrazo desde chilito ❤
Lovely video! Just wanted to share something I've noticed in regards to how we refer to artists. Often times we call male artists by their last name and female ones by their first. It happened also to you here. I don't want to blame! It happens to me to. But it shows how we have internalised that male artists are more known and respected (by only mentioning their last name) and female artists are often called by their first name
Her son Maurice Mutrillo went on to become a painter and his images of Paris are famous/infamous. She had quite the life. And woukdnhave been the equal of Gaugain Cezanne etc if she'd been a man...😢
Another beautiful video. I live in a rural town in the UK (after having lived in London, Brighton and Bristol) and it feels so different! I rely too much on my car. I'm grateful to have a car, but I really want to be able to cycle everywhere. Do you cycle and walk everywhere? There's something really liberating about that and being present. I want to try and get back to a creative city or town in the UK, trying to figure out where and what's affordable! Do you enjoy living in NY more than Hastings? I feel quite confused on where to try and move to with the budget we have. I so often crave a bustling, exciting, creative city! x
Ahora que llegué al final jaja, amoooo siempre tuve la misma sensación con Van Gogh, me gustan mucho sus retratos y justo pensaba lo mismo mientras ibas hablando, que Suzanne los hizo similar. Averiguaré más sobre ella ~ eres una influencer de arte me encanta ❤
Que lindo vlog Fran! Me encantó el boleto del bus chileno enmarcado, me hizo acordar muchísimo a los de Perú 🤍 te puedo preguntar dónde conseguiste tu mesita de madera con ángulo que usas para dibujar encima de tu mesa? gracias!
Have you heard of the theory that Degas was Jack the Ripper? I know it sounds far out, but even reading about the theory is very enlightening on just how much a creep Degas was.
also im so traumatized by losing my favorite things because they stop producing it, i just bulk buy it so i don't have to worry about restocking it. but obviously not really financially smart lol, but i loooove my favorite stuff, i don't want to live without them
A sketchbook I like a lot, although not as heavy a gsm as the Crescent you're using, is the Stillman & Birn Epsilon series (150gsm hot pressed paper), but generally all Stillman & Birn sketchbooks, I find to be great.
@@patriciasorinder9817 Unfortunately no , it is not as good (specifically for alcohol markers), compared to the Crescent. I'm a mixed media artist and mainly use acrylic markers, inks, watercolour, colour pencil and gouache and find the Stillman & Birn to be ideal for my needs. I feel the Crescent is your best bet for alcohol markers and mixed media, in sketchbook form. Having said that, I've heard the Strathmore 400 series are very good for alcohol /mixed media, but that's a pad not a sketchbook, as far as I know.
in all honesty: I didn't like the book, I thought it was a weird portray of depression (I wanna say more, but I don't wanna spoil it for you!) but I'd love to hear your thoughts about it!
@FranMeneses yes!! I 100% agree, I'm not enjoying it either, which surprised me because it was so popular at one point. 🤦🏾♀️ I'm almost finished with it, but so far, it's not for me.
me encanta los libros ,y ,mas lindo si se pueden leer en nuestro idioma materno y poderlos conseguirlos en otros países con idiomas diferentes es genial .gracias por tus videos. un gran abraso desde New Jersey
Aren't you disturbed by your work neighbors when they play such loud music? I guess that's why you're wearing your headphones. ❤I would have gone crazy. 😳
