Edouard Vuillard
The French painter and lithographer was born in humble economic circumstances and devotes himself early to painting. The Parisian art scene was about to free itself from the constraints of art, and Impressionism was in its late stages. A group of young rebellious students founded an artists' association, which brought about a radical change in the application of paint and image composition in the painting. Vuillard was next to Gaugin one of the artists who contributed in this imaginative grouping. The Old Masters experienced an unprecedented change that paved the way to modernity.
The artist group Nabis
With post-impressionism the hitherto unified style of an epoch disintegrated. Painting with oil was increasingly supplemented with modern media. Printing techniques, poster art and illustrations completed the paintings. The artist group took up the new possibilities of representation. Painters broke away from doctrine, involving textiles, upholstery design and furniture in the art. They dared to combine and combine different techniques in one work. Vuillard developed a color that gave his oil paintings a dull and transparent expression. He tried on new images and daring compositions. Influenced by the Japanese color woodcut, he created colorful figures on canvas pictures, which he enclosed in a few lines.
The painter and the simple life
The French painter became famous with his interiors. As a motif, the painter sought themes from the simple life and the Parisian milieu. He repeatedly shows his mother and sister at the housework and seamstresses in corset workshops. Vuillard introduces another element into the painting. The rooms of his canvas paintings have patterned wallpaper, often spotted or decorated with ornaments. Art became decorative.
The artist and the muse
The artist drew inspiration from a close circle of friends. His confidants included close colleagues like Bonnard and Gaugin. The sale of his works he gives exclusively in the hands of Jos Hessels, with whom he has a close friendship. Hessel's wife has long been Vuillard's muse and perhaps his lover. Together they spend the summer months in Brittany and Normandy. Returning to Paris, landscape images return, showing an expressive play of light and shadow. The summer photos are the first photographs of the artist.
From object to abstraction
Pictures of an artist show the development of an epoch. The big step from the representation of the reality over the personal impression to the modern age and the detachment of the objective is, opens completely new creative possibilities. weewado captures this development. A copy of a work brings framed pictures to every wall. Eduard was a versatile artist, always on the way to make a difference. By ordering his motifs, viewers follow the path and buy a piece of artistic freedom. Precise color rendering and quality screens make the theme a special furnishing element.
