Saturday past visited the Phillips Collection in DC to catch this exhibit before it closed. I am longtime fan of Edouard Vuillard. His palate is appealing to me. It's always odd that he is paired with Bonnard, whosense of color is so strikingly different from his. And yet in the context of Nabi movement, it is a marriage that makes complete sense. The Nabi were one small collective of artists who land between the Impressionist and the abstract movements to come. They sought a purer reality with a decidedly common touch. Vuillard grew up around fabrics and it is evident in the way that his works have a certain print quality. Often in larger works the patterns of wallpaper in particular, but also skirts, rugs, etc. take on a heightened relevance to the balance of the composition.
Here I am sharing three very small painting by Vuillard. Charming paintings, well, at leat they charmed me.
Les Aprenties (Apprentices), c. 1891-1892
oil on cardboard
La Dormeuse (Sleeping Woman), 1892
oil on cardboard, mounted on cradled panel
Femme au chale ecossais vert (Woman with a Green Plaid Shawl), 1895
oil on cardboard
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