Family at Table
Artist: Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
Date: late 19th Century
Dimensions:
H: 12 in. (30.5 cm); W: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Medium: Pastel on paper.
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara B. Reed
Object number: 2000.64
Label Text:Édouard Vuillard’s preference for interior domestic scenes earned him the title of “intimist” in the 1890s. The sense of quiet industriousness of Family at the Table evokes Vuillard’s own personal life—he lived with his mother and sister, who were dressmakers working from their home.
While Vuillard spent much of his career painting with oils, he was also very skilled with chalk pastel—a notoriously difficult material to work with. His treatment of the medium here is very sketchy and transparent, leaving much of the brown of the paper showing through, lending an overall warmth of tone to the image.
While Vuillard spent much of his career painting with oils, he was also very skilled with chalk pastel—a notoriously difficult material to work with. His treatment of the medium here is very sketchy and transparent, leaving much of the brown of the paper showing through, lending an overall warmth of tone to the image.
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