Montmartre in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 11, 2025

1. Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dans ce restaurant
la grande artiste
Suzanne Valadon
a diné de 1919 à 1935
accompagnée souvent de son fils
Maurice Utrillo

(In this restaurant, the great artist Suzanne Valadon dined from 1919 to 1935, often accompanied by her son Maurice Utrillo.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is April 7, 1938.

Location. 48° 53.211′ N, 2° 20.481′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Montmartre. It is at the intersection of Rue du Mont-Cenis and Rue Saint-Rustique, on the right when traveling north on Rue du Mont-Cenis. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4 Rue du Mont-Cenis, Paris, Île-de-France 75018, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jehan Doulcet (a few steps from this marker); Saint-Pierre de Montmartre (a few steps

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from this marker); Gaston Couté (a few steps from this marker); Cimetière du Calvaire / Calvary Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Cabaret de Patachou (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnny Hallyday (within shouting distance of this marker); Bistro (within shouting distance of this marker); Louis Renault (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . .
1. Suzanne Valadon (Wikipedia). Overview:

Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.

Valadon spent nearly 40 years of her life as an artist. The subjects of her drawings and paintings, such as Joy of Life (1911), included mostly female nudes, portraits of women, still lifes, and landscapes. She never attended the academy and was never confined within a set tradition or style of art. Despite not being confined to any tradition, she shocked the art world as the first woman painter to depict a male nude as well as less idealized images of women
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 11, 2025

2. Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo Marker - wide view
in comparison to those of her male counterparts.

She was a model for many renowned artists. Among them, Valadon appeared in such paintings as Dance at Bougival (1883) and Dance in the City by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883), and Suzanne Valadon (1885) and The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (1887–1889) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

(Submitted on April 25, 2025.)

2. Maurice Utrillo (Wikipedia). Overview:

Maurice Utrillo (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.

(Submitted on April 25, 2025.)

Additional keywords. plaque commémorative

Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 11, 2025

3. Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo Marker - wider view

Place Suzanne Valadon street sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 10, 2025

4. Place Suzanne Valadon street sign

Some 150 meters south of the marker location (as the crow flies) there is a plaza and elementary school named after her. She has, arguably, one of the nicest honorary street signs in Paris. The painting depicted is The Blue Room (Le chambre bleue), 1923.

Self-portrait image. Click for full size.

Suzanne Valadon (courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston via Wikimedia Commons), 1898

5. Self-portrait

<i>Dance at Bourgival</i> <small>(depicting Suzanne Valadon)</small> image. Click for full size.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via Wikimedia Commons), 1883

6. Dance at Bourgival (depicting Suzanne Valadon)

Portrait of Maurice Utrillo image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Suzanne Valadon (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons), 1921

7. Portrait of Maurice Utrillo

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 104 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.