Utrillo
Chronology

  • Event

  • December 26, 1883 Maurice Utrillo is born in Paris.

    • Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, 1890

    Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, 1890

  • Spanish artist Miguel Utrillo y Molins signs document legally acknowledging paternity.

    • Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, 1883

    Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, 1883

  • Utrillo is committed to asylum for alcoholism.

  • Under the instruction of his mother, Maurice Utrillo begins to paint.

    • Windmills of Montmartre

    Windmills of Montmartre

  • “White period” wherein Utrillo produces his most renowned body of work.

    • Place des Abbesses in the Snow, 1910

    Place des Abbesses in the Snow, 1910

  • Art citics F. Jourdan and E. Faure take interest in Utrillo.

    • The Nimble Rabbit, 1912

    The Nimble Rabbit, 1912

  • Affiliation with Jourdan and Faure result in showing at Salon d’Automne.

    • View of Sacré-Coeur from the Rue St. Rustique

    View of Sacré-Coeur from the Rue St. Rustique

  • Travels extensively in Brittany and Corsica.

  • Shares an exhibit with his mother at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris, where he was offered a year-long contract. Also attempts suicide as a result of his long-term alcoholism.

    • Portrait of Utrillo by Suzanne Valadon, 1921

    Portrait of Utrillo by Suzanne Valadon, 1921

  • Event

  • In an attempt to keep him away from the taverns of Paris, Valadon moves her son to a chateau near Lyon, France.

    • Restaurant Bibet a Sain Bernard, 1925

    Restaurant Bibet a Sain Bernard, 1925

  • Designs costumes and stage scenery for Djaghilev’s “”Ballets Russes.”

    • Studio on Avenue Junot, Suzanne Valadone, Maurice Utrillo, Andrïé Utter, 1926

    Studio on Avenue Junot, Suzanne Valadone, Maurice Utrillo, Andrïé Utter, 1926

  • The French government awards Utrillo the Cross of the Legion d’honneur (Legion of Honor).

    • The Basilica of Saint Denis

    The Basilica of Saint Denis

  • London’s Tate Gallery states in catalog that Utrillo had died that year as a result of his alcoholism. A libel suit was filed, which was later settled out of court.

    • Place de Minimes (Histoire de Lyon)

    Place de Minimes (Histoire de Lyon)

  • Marries Lucie Pauwels, a widow and amateur painter. As a result of her skilled financial management, the two were able to live in luxury in Paris until his death in 1955.Maurice Utrillo dies and is buried in the Cimetiere Saint-Vincent in Montmartre.

    • Utrillo and Wife Lucie, 1954

    Utrillo and Wife Lucie, 1954


    Photo of Utrillo painting, 1949

    Photo of Utrillo painting, 1949