Utrillo maurice biography books
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""The Wine of Genius: A Life of Maurice Utrillo"" is a biography written by Robert Coughlan about the French painter Maurice Utrillo. The book explores Utrillo's life and career, from his troubled childhood and struggles with alcoholism to his rise as a respected artist in the Montmartre district of Paris. Coughlan delves into Utrillo's artistic style and technique, as well as his relationships with other artists and his tumultuous personal life. The book also includes reproductions of some of Utrillo's most famous paintings, providing readers with a visual understanding of his work. Overall, ""The Wine of Genius"" offers a comprehensive look at the life and art of one of France's most celebrated painters.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Maurice Utrillo
French painter (1883–1955)
Maurice Utrillo | |
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Portrait of Maurice Utrillo (1921), by Suzanne Valadon, his mother | |
Born | Maurice Valadon (1883-12-26)26 December 1883 Montmartre, Paris, France |
Died | 5 November 1955(1955-11-05) (aged 71) Dax, Aquitaine, France |
Nationality | French |
Education | Self-taught |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Lucie Valore [fr] |
Parent(s) | Suzanne Valadon (mother) Miquel Utrillo (legal father) |
Maurice Utrillo (French:[mɔʁisytʁijo,moʁ-]; born Maurice Valadon; 26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955) was a French painter of the School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. From the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre to have been born there.[1]
Biography
[edit]Utrillo was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (born Marie-Clémentine Valadon), who was then an eighteen-year-old artist's model. She never revealed the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring of a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well-established painter Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, or even with Renoir.[2] (See below under Paternity). In 1891 a Spanish artist
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