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Édouard Vuillard

1868-1940 France/Post Impressionism

 

Brief Biography-Édouard Vuillard was born in Cuiseaux in 1868 and moved with his parents to Paris in 1877. He studied at the Académie Julian, and after a couple of attempts, the École des Beaux-Arts admitted him in 1887, where his master was Tony Robert-Fleury, followed by the academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Pierre Bonnard helped him establish the Nabis group of avant-garde painters in 1889, which lasted until 1900. The members were mainly painters from the Académie Julian interested in abstract art. Vuillard successfully painted commissions for public buildings, portraiture and graphics for theatre. His style became categorised as Intimism, which emphasises intimate domestic scenes. Japonisme and woodblock prints also influenced his paintings.

 

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The Avenue

The Avenue

Breakfast

Breakfast

Overlooking Woods

Window Overlooking the Woods

The Blue Room

The Blue Room

Princess Bibesco

Princess Bibesco

Flowered Dress

The Flower Dress

Chestnuts

Chestnuts

The Mantelpiece

The Mantelpiece

Cafe Wepler

Cafe Wepler

The Cake Shop

The Cake Shop

French Girl

French Girl

Two Sisters

Two Sisters

Theodore Duret

Theodore Duret

Madame Wormser

Madame Andre Wormser and her Children

Louis Loucheur

Louis Loucheur

Pieds-d'alouette

Pieds-d-alouette and Geraniums

The Seamstresses

The Seamstresses

At the Window

At the Window

Young Woman in Bed

Young Woman in Bed

David-Weill

David-Weill

Pink Wallpaper

Interior with Pink Wallpaper

Venus of Milo

Venus of Milo

The Patisserie

The Patisserie

Tennis

Tennis

The Green Interior

The Green Interior