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Artist Profile: Édouard Vuillard

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Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:

Post-Impressionism > Nabis

Date and Place of Birth:

November 11, 1868, Cuiseaux, Saône-et-Loire, France

Life:

A warm (if reserved) man, Vuillard was a life-long bachelor and lived with his mother until her death. Perhaps due to this, his favorite subject matter centered on scenes of domesticity, usually of women performing routine tasks. His palette grew lighter and more colorful as he aged, and his work is characterized by careful juxtaposition of color, executed either in daubs or small stripes. Vuillard also worked in engraving and painted some amazing theatrical set designs.

Important Works:

    Interior (1892-93)
    Mother and Sister of the Artist (1893)
    Sitting Room with Three Lamps (1899)

Date and Place of Death:

June 21, 1940, La Baule, near Saint-Nazaire, France

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