Édouard Vuillard born at Cuiseaux, Sâone-et-Loire, the son of a retired army officer. The family moved to Paris in 1877 and Vuillard became a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1886, later moving to the Académie Julian. There he met Bonnard and other painters with whom he founded the Nabis in 1889 (the name derived from the Hebrew for prophet). The group, influenced by Gauguin and Degas, concentrated on pattern and distortion to emphasise psychological meanings beyond appearances in ordinary domestic subjects, though Bonnard and Vuillard executed from 1892 to 1937 large decorative schemes, including stage scenery. He was elected to the Institute in 1938. The National Gallery, London
This is part 2 of a 6-part series on the work of Édouard Vuillard:
c1893 Sewing
oil on paper laid down on board 24.8 x 21 cmc1893 Interior with a Screen
lithograph 25.1 x 30.8 cm (composition)c1893 Grandmother's Bed
pastel on paper 28.4 x 25.3 cm1893 Two Seamstresses in the Workroom
oil on millboard 13.3 x 19.4 cm
National Galleries of Scotland: Modern1893 The Green Lamp
oil on board 21 x 26 cm1893 The Chat
oil on canvas 32.4 x 41.3 cm
National Galleries of Scotland: Modern1894 Programme for The Silent Life
32.1 x 24.3 cm
Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris1894 Programme for Lisez La Revue Blanche and Une Nuit d'Avril a Ceos 1894 Programme for Solness Le Constructeur
lithograph 32.2 x 24 cm
Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris1894 Programme for Au dessus des forces humaines
two lithographs on one sheet 32.7 x 47.8 cm (sheet)1894 Programme for Lisez La Revue blanche and Frères, La Gardienne, Carmeéanciers published by Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris 1894 Coquelin Cadet in Character
gouache, with touches of brush and black ink, over traces of graphite, on white wove paper 20.7 x 13.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL1894 The Window
oil on canvas 37.9 x 45.5 cm
MoMA, New York1894 The Dressmaker
lithograph printed in two colours on wove paper 24.8 x 16.3 cm
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UKc1894 The Dressmaker
lithograph 26 x 18 cm
The Schorr Collection, Londonc1894 The Dressmaker
colour lithograph, printed in blue and yellow-ochre ink
24.8 x 16.2 cmc1894 Bécane (bicycles)
lithograph 81.1 x 59.7 cm (sheet)
MoMA, New York1895 The Broom in the Courtyard, 346 rue Saint-Honoré
oil on board 22.5 x 20.9 cm1895 Read “La Revue Blanche” Transformed - Beyond Human Power
lithograph in black with scraping on stone on tan wove paper 32.7 x 48.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL1895 Read “La Revue Blanche” Transformed - Beyond Human Power
lithographs in black with scraping on stone on tan wove paper 32.7 x 48.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL1895 Madame Vuillard under the green hanging lamp
oil on cardboard mounted on canvas 26.6 x 21.5 cm1895 The dressing table
oil on canvas 65.6 x 115 cm1895 Woman Sweeping at 346 rue Saint-Honoré
oil on board 35.6 x 52.7 cm
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio1895 Two Friends
oil on board 30.5 x 39.5 cm1895 The Tuileries
colour lithograph on ivory wove paper 24.3 x 28 cm (image)
Art Institute of Chicago, IL1895 The patient reading
oil on board 21.4 x 29.2 cmc1895 Woman reading
oil on board 35 x 32 cmc1895 The Studio
lithograph on tan wove China paper 24.5 x 30 cm (image)
Art Institute of Chicago, ILc1895 The recommendation
oil on card laid down on canvas 27.3 x 30.8 cmc1895 Evening effect
pastel on paper 31.6 x 30.8 cm1895-05 Child Playing: Annette Roussel in front of a wooden chair
oil on cardboard 43.8 x 57.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1895-96 Embroidery
This work depicts three female figures—two of whom are barely discernible—quietly concentrating on their handiwork amid a profusion of fabrics and yarns. The diffused surface of the painting merges every detail of this muffled setting, creating a tapestry-like effect. Vuillard’s nuanced manipulation of color and texture was internalized from observation of his mother and sister, who ran a small dressmaking business out of the family apartment.
MoMA
1895-96 Embroidery
oil on canvas 177.7 x 65.6 cmc1896 At the Piano
oil on board 21.7 x 26 cmc1896-1901 At the Revue Blanche (Portrait of Félix Fénéon)
oil on paperboard 46.4 x 57.5 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York1896 The Woman in the Armchair
(Misia and Thadée Natanson)
oil on paper laid down on canvas 92.5 x 74.5 cm1896 Programme for The Pillars of Society
lithograph 32 x 49.9 cm published by Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris
MoMA, New York1896 Misia in a black and yellow dressing gown
oil on board 32.2 x 15.3 cm1897 Vallotton at the Natanson's
oil on cardboard 37.5 x 27.9 cm1897 The Manicure
oil on board 33.5 x 30 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery, UK1897 The attic of La Grangette in Valvins
oil on board laid down on cradled panel 45.8 x 65.7 cm1897 Programme for Au-dela des Forces
lithograph 23 x 31.8 cm
MoMA, New York1897 Portrait of Thadée Natanson
oil on board laid down on cradled pane 39.3 x 32.9 cmc1897-99 Open-air theatre (the bandstand)
distemper on paper laid down on canvas 60.7 x 50 cm1897-99 Young woman at the window, and flower
oil on board 22.9 x 22.2 cm1897-99 Self-Portrait at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
oil on board 26.8 x 29 cm1897-99 Beneath the Trees
oil on cardboard mounted on canvas 53 x 67 cm
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid1898 The Grandmother
oil on board laid down on cradled panel 33.8 x 35.6 cm1898 Sleeping baby
oil on board 37.5 x 33.4 cm
| c1898-1900 The first-class compartment spirit-based paint on cardboard laid down on panel 34.6 x 55.2 cm |
