Paris, at the Centre Pompidou a monographic exhibition dedicated to Suzanne Valadon, one of the most modern painters of the early 20th century

In Paris at the Centre Pompidou a monographic exhibition dedicated to one of the most modern painters of the early 20th century, Suzanne Valadon (Bessines sur Gartempe, 1865 - Paris, 1938), opened to the public on January 15, 2025. Since the last monographic exhibition in France dedicated to her in 1967 at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, enriched with new loans continues in 2025 the tribute to the artist already presented at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in 2023 and then at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Nantes and the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in 2024.

The exhibition, which can be visited until May 26, 2025, aims to highlight this exceptional figure by emphasizing his pioneering but often underestimated role in the birth of artistic modernity. With nearly 200 works on display, the exhibition features paintings from the Centre Pompidou’s own collection, but also loans from the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie, the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hermitage, and important private collections.

The monograph focuses on drawing and painting, with special attention to her graphic work, which is explored through the presentation of a large number of drawings that have rarely been exhibited so far. The exhibition entitled Suzanne Valadon traces the artist’s career, from her beginnings as a favorite model for many Montmartre painters to her early artistic recognition by her peers and critics. Suzanne Valadon embraced the Parisian fervor of the early 20th century: the cafés, cabarets, and the many artistic, intellectual, and social revolutions.

This exhibition also aims to highlight the breadth, richness and complexity of Valadon’s work by focusing on five thematic sections. A selection of unpublished documents and works by her contemporaries with similar pictorial interests, such as Juliette Roche, Georgette Agutte, Jacqueline Marval, Emilie Charmy and Hélène Delasalle, complete the exhibition.

The exceptional collection of documents bequeathed to the Centre Pompidou in 1974 by Robert Le Masle, a physician, art collector and close friend of the artist, which includes photographs, manuscripts and documents now housed in the Bibliothèque Kandinsky, offers a testament to Valadon’s rebellious personality and early artistic recognition.

Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Tuesdays.
Tickets: Full 17 euros, reduced 14 euros.

Pictured: Suzanne Valadon, La Chambre bleue (1923; oil on canvas, 90 x 116 cm; Paris, Centre Pompidou, on loan from Musée des Beaux Arts de Limoges). Credits Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Bertrand Prévost/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn

Paris, at the Centre Pompidou a monographic exhibition dedicated to Suzanne Valadon, one of the most modern painters of the early 20th century

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