Edouard Vuillard A Painter and His Muses 1890 1940 #pdf by Stephen Brown

A Painter and His Muses 1890 1940


Yale University Press | ISBN:0300176759 | File Type: PDF, 129 pages | File size: 38.Mb | May. 29th, 2012
Artist Monographs: A Painter and His Muses 1890 1940 In many of Edouard Vuillard s 1868 1940 most famous paintings figures are nestled in intimate settings among bold patterns and colors As the viewer s eye adjusts to the complexity of the scene the artist s world opens up At a young age Vuillard was one of a group of avant garde painters in aris who favored rich palettes and dreamlike imagery He was equally a member of the literary and theatrical circles that included writers like Marcel roust and Stephane Mallarme As his career progressed into the new century he entered the rarefied society of upper French families many of them Jewish who collected the new art published the new poetry and wrote the new criticism This beautifly illustrated book examines the master artist s work in the context of a unique circle of friends and patrons between the turn of the 20th century and World War II Essays by leading scholars explore the artist s relationship with key members of this glamorous social circle as well as the connections between Vuillard and roust two of the world s great observers of a world now lost A fascinating exploration of artistic cture in aris before the war Edouard Vuillard establishes the artist as one of the masters of the modern portrait