artwork

The Blue Room (Le Chambre Bleue)

Details

• Artist: Suzanne Valadon
• Year: 1923
• Exhibition: Challenge: Public Domain 2019

Description

The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue) is a 1923 painting by the French artist Suzanne Valadon, and is one of her most recognizable works. It depicts "a clothed model who smokes cigarettes, reads books and doesn't make her bed".

Painted in oil on canvas. Like many of Valadon's later works, it uses strong colors and emphasizes decorative backgrounds and patterned materials. The painting is housed at Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

As of January 1, 2019, this artwork will enter into the public domain.