Maurice Utrillo

Maurice Utrillo ( born December 26, 1883 in Paris, † November 5, 1955 in Dax ) was a French painter and the son of Suzanne Valadon.

Life

Maurice Utrillo was born on December 26, 1883 in Paris and was the son of the Parisian painter Suzanne Valadon - who was his biological father is unknown. He took, even though he lived as a child for a long time in the mother, the name of the adoptive father, the art critic Miquel Utrillo, to. Even as a young Maurice Utrillo was an alcoholic and made the age of 17 in 1900 Entwöhnungskur a in Sainte Anne. After he was stopped by his mother for painting and was equally successful. 1935 married Maurice Utrillo that the art collector Lucie Pauwels Pauwels, who also painted under the pseudonym Lucie Valore widow.

Utrillo died on 5 November 1955 as a 71- year-old in Dax staying at a spa and is buried in the Paris cemetery Cimetière Saint -Vincent in Montmartre.

Work

His works are classified by art historians in several periods:

• Impressionist period (1900 to about 1903). The paintings of this period are still often dark and gloomy.
• Period of Montmagny (about 1904-1906 ). In this northern suburb of Paris, he mainly painted street scenes. Gradually the picture brightened.
• White period ( 1906-1914 ). To achieve more brightness, Maurice Utrillo mixed his colors with bright sand and gypsum. Bright pink and milky white now dominate his paintings.
• Colored painting (from 1915). He had his until his death everlasting style found.

By 1920, his painting was general recognition and 1929 he received the Cross of the State French Legion of Honour. The French Post Office announced on December 5, 1983 issuing a special stamp to 4 francs. The painting on the special stamp to Utrillo's 100th birthday shows the wine bar Le Lapin Agile in Montmartre. Recently achieved works by Utrillo at an auction at the 1 million U.S. dollars.

Musée Utrillo - Valadon

In Sannois the Musée Utrillo - Valadon, Maurice Utrillo, the only museum dedicated to lies. The house, the Villa Rozee, a mansion from the 18th century, in addition to more than 30 works shows his personal objects like pallets and a piano. It is also his mother Suzanne Valadon work.