The Resume

(September 23, 1865-April 7, 1938)
Born in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France
Birth name was Marie-Clementine Valadon
Modeled for Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Mother of artist Maurice Utrillo
Painted still lifes, portraits, landscapes and nudes

Why she might be annoying:

She was a teenaged circus performer until she was injured in a fall from the trapeze.
She never knew who Maurice's father was.
She introduced Maurice to cognac at age six so he would sleep while she went out all night.
Her second husband, Andre Utter, was 21 years her junior and was Maurice's roommate.
She fed her dog filet mignon and her cats caviar.

Why she might not be annoying:

While modeling for (and making love to) the leading artists of her day, she learned their techniques and became a success in her own right.
She was the first woman painter admitted to the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
Her candid paintings of female nudes were considered shocking in her day.
Utter was an alcoholic who flaunted his affairs and beat her.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Painters
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 05]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9231865)
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am an Adulterer
• I Died in 1938 (Ranked: 72)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Love Younger Men [Tad Poling]
• I Mothered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Overly Pamper my Pet
• I'm a Bastard
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Painters
• Profiles 20751-21000 (Ranked: 20886)
• Spousal Abuse Victims

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 40 Votes: 62.50% Annoying