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Maurice Utrillo Winter in Montmarte Litho Signed Framed

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Maurice Utrillo Winter in Montmarte Litho Signed Framed
Artist: Maurice UtrilloTitle: Winter in MontmarteMedium: LithographSignature: In pencil, lower rightImage size: 15" x 18"Frame size: 24 3/4" x 27 1/2"Condition: Very good**According to the publisher, this is a first edition lithograph done after Maurice Utrillo's "Winter in Montmarte"BiographyMaurice Utrillo was born on Christmas Day in 1883. He was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (born Marie-Clémentine Valadon), who was then an eighteen-year-old artist's model.  She never revealed who had been the father of her child; speculation exists that he was the offspring from a liaison with an equally young amateur painter named Boissy, or with the well established painter, Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes.Meanwhile, her mother was left in charge of raising the young Maurice, who soon showed a troubling inclination toward truancy and alcoholism. When a mental illness took hold of the twenty-one year old Utrillo in 1904, he was encouraged to paint by his mother. He soon showed real artistic talent. With no training beyond what his mother taught him, he drew and painted what he saw in Montmartre. After 1910 his work attracted critical attention, and by 1920 he had become a legendary figure, whose paintings were known internationally. In 1928, the French government awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Throughout his life, however, his mental disorder would result in his being interned in mental asylums repeatedly.*retrieved from: http://rogallery.com/Utrillo_Maurice/Utrillo-bio.html