Rice Powder
by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm
This painting of a woman with her make-up was purchased by Theo van Gogh (1857-1891) for his private collection.
The sitter for this painting was probably Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), a French painter who, in 1894, became the first woman painter admitted to the Soci�t� Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She is also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo. She modelled for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (who gave her painting lessons), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Pierre-C�cile Puvis de Chavannes.