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December 26, 1883 Maurice Utrillo is born in Paris.
Spanish artist Miguel Utrillo y Molins signs document legally acknowledging paternity.
Utrillo is committed to asylum for alcoholism.
Under the instruction of his mother, Maurice Utrillo begins to paint.
“White period” wherein Utrillo produces his most renowned body of work.
Art citics F. Jourdan and E. Faure take interest in Utrillo.
Affiliation with Jourdan and Faure result in showing at Salon d’Automne.
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.
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In an attempt to keep him away from the taverns of Paris, Valadon moves her son to a chateau near Lyon, France.
Designs costumes and stage scenery for Djaghilev’s “”Ballets Russes.”
The French government awards Utrillo the Cross of the Legion d’honneur (Legion of Honor).
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.
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.