#Art History Edouard Vuillard

Finish: 17.02.2024
Title: Vuillard (1868-1940) et l’art du Japon (2003)
Genre: Art History (NF)  (255 pg)
Language: French
Rating: A+++++++

 

1. This is another wonderful book about art history!
2. Vuillard  et l’art du Japon so easy to read.
   
3. Essays are supported by many illustrations in the book
4. …to indicate how Vuillard was influenced by l’art du Japon.
   
5. I love the feel of the book, the paper…is that possible?
6. NOTE: If you are interested the Van Gogh Musem in Amsterdam has
7. The Complete  Series Paysages Interieueres (13 lithos)  by Vuillard
8. Vincent Van Gogh museum link:  HERE

 

1. What were Vuillard’s themes?
2. Daily life in cities, parks, gardens  and later he travelled to 
3. …Loire-Atlantique, Normandie, Bretagne, Suisse
4. to capture  “images du monde flottant”  in nature.
   

 

1. What are some charactistics of Vuillard’s painting?
2. Point of view: bird’s-eye view (vue en plongée), contre-plongée (low-angle view)
3. …and the use of   flat surfaces of uniform colors and
4. …no variation of brightness. (les aplats).
5. Vuillard preferred to give his compositions a very subtil elegance.

 

1. How did Vuillard evolve  his artistic skills?
2. With the help of Aguste Clot …Vuillard learned the are of lithographs.
3. Vuillard wanted to use this art form …he saw in  Japanese art.
   
4. He was very impressed by Hiroshige’s woodblock prints.
5. Snow Drum Birdge…is an example of one of these prints.
6. The book is written for the causal lover of art… less academic!
   
7. It is a beautiful book revealing  art at its  apogee!
8. Japanese influences on Vuillard’s art:
9. …plan coupé, cadrage serré et juxtaposition d’aplats colorés.

 

What is Vuillard’s  “champ d’émotion” (emotional territory)?

1. Vuillard is captivated by
2. …what he sees in the streets, parks, cafés of Paris.
3. His paintings give us a glimpse of this emotional and sentimental experience.
4. Vuillard never married but had 3 great loves in his life:
5. Mother – Sister – and his niece Annette.

 

What is most important for Vuillard? 

1. Vuillard loved the feeling of being in a “family fold” (dan le giron de la famille).
2. He refers often to  the world of women (grandmother, mother and sister) in his painting. 
3. The figure of his mother is bound to his paintings ” les paysages intérieurs.” 
4. …especially her sewing atelier.
5. Vuillard  also had a special tenderness towards  his niece Annette
6. …and  the nannies and the infants  he saw  and painted in Parisian parks. (les nounous et les marmots).

 

1. What are some of my favorite Vuillard’s paintings/prints?
2. Le Paravent Desmarais.
3. Notice that the persepective is indicated at the BOTTOM of the and the
4. harmony  between sections of  the screen is achieved by the irregular decorative floor tiles,
5. …the characters blend with the wall tapestry.

What does Vuillard use in his paintings to highten the emotional value? 

1. He LOVES to paint  fabrics with intricate designs.
2. It is a beautiful illusion! (leurre visuel).
3. People seem to blend into the backround!

Mère et sœur de l’artiste

 

Femme assise – tasse de café

 

What did I love in Vuillard’s paintings/litho’s ? 

1. Patterns and color juxtapositions pushed Vuillard  to develop a style
   
2. …that makes the viewer work to “read” the composition fully.
3. His paintings  are executed in the delicate range of soft,
4. …blurred colors characteristic of his art. 
5. NOTE: I’m still looking for the face of the woman on the left!
6. I think it is a hat with a veil….hmmmm?
7. Look carefully…we are looking at the back of her neck and the ruffle of the dress!

Deux Belle-Sours

 

Table of Contents:

1. Vuillard et l’art du Japon (1890-1914) – Mathais Chivot
2. Les pauysages intérieurs – Mathais Chivot (responsible for Vuillard archive)
   
3. Un voyageur immobile – Isabelle Cahn
4. Paysage et japonnisme chez Vuillard – Corinne Currat
5. Japonisme –  M. Bocquillon
6. Scènes de la vie ordinaire –  M. Bocquillon
7. Femme au col de Fourure – Isabelle Cahn (specialist movement ‘Les Nabis’
   
8. Paravents et kakémonos l’art du décor –  M. Bocquillon
9. Estampes –  M. Bocquillon
10. Nature, l’émerveillement –  M. Bocquillon
11. Les Nabis, tous japonisants –  M. Bocquillon