Suzanne Valadon - Portrait of Erik Satie

The famous portrait, exhibited in Paris in 1893 at the "Quatrième exposition des peintres impressionnistes et symbolistes", is a small-format painting that the painter made during the brief period of the stormy relationship between her and the musician. The work represents the young composer in an almost painterly manner, with glasses and an old hat, an emblem of the bohemian life of Montmartre, painted with strong strokes and bright colors that seem to anticipate expressionist painting.