updated Dec 23, 2006

THE STORY OF THE PAINTER; HIS ALCOHOLISM; THE HUMOR, THE PATHOS, THE TRAGEDY, THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS; THE INNOCENT AMONG THE WOLVES, THE CRITICS SUCCUMB TO HIS ART; AT ODDS WITH THE LAW; THE PREFERENCES, THE MADNESS, AND FINALLY, THE ART. UTRILLO PAINTS FOR ALCOHOL, EMINENCE UNDESERVED, HE TAKES IT ALL IN STRIDE; THE INFAMOUSLY FAMOUS, THE LOST SOUL, DESPAIR, THE ASYLUMS, THE ART PREVAILS, THE MOVIE, LUCIE VALORE, GAZY, THE MONTMARTRE, THE BELLE EPOQUE, LUCIE STEALS UTRILLO; VALADON IS ALONE, MAX JACOB, PICASSO, ARISTIDE BRUANT, DUFY, UTTER, AND A LARGE CAST OF CHARACTERS, DEALERS, COLLECTORS, ALL OUT TO DEAL FOR UTRILLOS. FAILING HEALTH, AND FINALLY DEATH, IN 1955, AT VISENET, A WELL-CARED FOR PRISONER, HIS WINE RATIONED, HIS MOVEMENTS RESTRICTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHO ALSO, IN RESPECT FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A PAINTER, AWARDED HIM THE LEGION OF HONEUR, FRANCE'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS...

Art and Life

Child of the Montmartre

by Valadon

Maurice Utrillo
his story
as told by his mother,
Suzanne Valadon

written and illustrated
by Earl Mayan
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a fiction biography
of a drunken artist, who was mentally
deficient, and yet, set the belle epoque
art world on its ears, by achieving
financial and critical success

CHAPTERS:

Paris, 1900
Jules Depaquit
The Meal Ticket
St. Joan, Christ, and Valadon
God is my Savior
Quid Pro Quo
Accomodate the System
Devious Dealers
Bon Vivant
Pragmatism
Painter of the Montmartre
Exploitation
The Celebrity
Tarred and Feathered
Prosperity
War and Marriage
Villejuif is Hell
Loneliness
Zborowski
Picpus
Forgiveness
Surveillance
Child of the Montmartre
The Deadly Game
The Chateau Bernard
Legion d'Honneur
Deterioration
Lucie Valore
Marriage
The Downward Curve
The Mystery of Life and Art
The Death of Valadon
Valore and Utrillo
Utrillo's Death

mon fils

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