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Valadon, who became a model after a fall from a [[trapeze]] ended her chosen career as a circus [[acrobatics|acrobat]],{{sfn |Warnod |1981 |p=13}} found that posing for [[Berthe Morisot]], Renoir, [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], and others provided her with an opportunity to study their techniques. She taught herself to paint, and when Toulouse-Lautrec introduced her to [[Edgar Degas]], he became her mentor. Eventually, she became a peer of the artists she had posed for.
Meanwhile, her mother was left to raise the young Maurice, who soon showed a troubling inclination toward [[truancy]] and [[alcoholism]].{{sfn |Warnod |1981 |pp=57–59}} When
Today, tourists to the area will find many of his paintings on postcards, one of which is his very popular 1936 painting entitled ''Montmartre Street Corner'' or ''[[Lapin Agile]]''.
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