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What was Suzanne Valadon's birth name?

  • Marie-Clémentine Valadon

  • Marie-Suzanne Valadon

  • Clémentine-Marie Valadon

  • Suzanne-Marie Valadon

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Marie-Clémentine Valadon, known professionally as Suzanne Valadon, was a French painter, printmaker, and model. She was born in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France, on September 23, 1865. Her birth name was Marie-Clémentine Valadon, but she adopted the name Suzanne as a young woman. She is best known for her paintings of women and children, and for her portraits of famous artists such as Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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