Edouard Vuillard.

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In Édouard Vuillard, Guy Cogeval discusses the artist's life and work with a passionate involvement that is rare in contemporary art writing. He describes how Vuillard's early work as a set designer apparently led him to stage manage family members, placing them in tense or confrontational tableaux that he memorialized in paint/5(15).

i've only found one vuillard collection bigger (better) than this one. it's the complete collection: a 3 volume set (same page size as this book). i've only seen it in art libraries in large universities; it must cost hundreds.

for us mortals, Cogeval's selection will satisfy % of the vuillard fans out there. the image quality is quite /5(15). The book concludes with an examination of Vuillard’s sumptuous large-scale decorations, luminous landscapes, and elegant portraits from the last decades of his career as well as a substantial selection of his pastels and prints, in addition to his photographs, many of which have never before been published.

Summary of Édouard Vuillard. Édouard Vuillard was a member of the Symbolist group known as Les Nabis (from the Hebrew and Arabic term for "prophets" and, by extension, the artist as the "seer" who reveals the invisible). However, he was less drawn to the mystical aspects of the group and more drawn to fashionable private venues where philosophical discussions about poetry, music, theatre Nationality: French.

Edouard Vuillard (), one of the most admired post-impressionist artists, is best-known for his small easel paintings and their charming portrayals of everyday life. However, a major part of his work during his early life was the painting of large decorative panels in the Parisian homes of wealthy private patrons, produced between 4/5(3).

"Marvelous, beautifully illustrated."—Wall Street Journal Édouard Vuillard was so secretive that he berated himself for betraying his emotions in conversation. He was a reticent, impassioned man, at once a timid stalker and a social climbing anarchist, caught in conflicting desires.

From the s until the advent of World War II, using styles from academic to pointillist to Nabi to Fauve. InVuillard painted Théodore Duret in his Study, a commissioned portrait that signaled a new phase in Vuillard's work, which was dominated by portraiture from onwards.

This is a part of the Wikipedia article used under the Creative Commons Attribution. Vuillard seems to see his mother dimly or at a distance – he is often standing in the next room – or to find her almost by chance among the heavy furniture and complicated fin-de-siècle decor.

This gorgeous book--the most comprehensive and authoritative study of Vuillard's art to date--presents some works that reveal the full range of his renowned artistic abilities/5. Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, Stephen Brown.

out of 5 stars 8. Hardcover. 5 offers from $ Edouard Vuillard: Painter-Decorator - Patrons and Projects, (Russian Literature and Thought) by Gloria Groom (Nov) Hardcover Gloria Groom.

4/5(5). About the Author Antoine Salomon, a direct descendant of the Vuillard-Roussel family, has, throughout his life, assembled a unique body of documentation on the art and the creative life of Vuillard.

Guy Cogeval, the author of this book, has been director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 5/5(1). Books on Vuillard are difficult to find in the US. This has a lot of images. The plates are not as good as the ones I've seen in books at the art library.

However, this is reasonably priced, and the sellers customer service is excellent. Read more. One person found this helpful/5(15). Vuillard, who was involved in experimental theater, was well known for producing large-scale works and murals. Some of his most famous works were made early in his career during his involvement with Les Nabis (named after the Hebrew and Arabic term for “prophets”), an avant-garde group deeply influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin.

About the Book Édouard Vuillard (–) was so secretive that he berated himself for betraying his emotions in conversation. He was a reticent, impassioned man, a timid stalker and a social-climbing anarchist, caught between conflicting desires.

In addition to painting, Vuillard, like most of the other Nabis, was involved in book illustration, poster design, and designs for the Vuillard helped found Aurélien Lugné-Poë’s Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, which produced Symbolist plays.

Vuillard designed stage sets and illustrated programs. In the Nabis exhibited together for the last time. This vibrant illustrated book showcases rarely seen paintings, prints, and decorative arts by the visionary artists associated with the Nabis: Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Henri Evenepoel, Aristide Maillol, Paul Ranson, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton, Édouard Vuillard, and others.

Read # Edouard Vuillard by Guy Cogeval Ð eBook or Kindle ePUB. Edouard Vuillard Outstanding according to Anne Hilow. Terrific reproductions, great bio and lovely feel to this handsome volume. I admire Vuillard for his ability to use what are generally dank tonals to achieve such melodious, satiny and harmonized compositions.

As a painter I look for the best repros to help me in my own training/5(). - Explore Jon Opalski's board "Edouard Vuillard Paintings", followed by people on Pinterest. See more ideas about Edouard vuillard, Post impressionists, PaintingK pins. Edouard Vuillard: List of works - All Artworks by Date 1→ List of works Featured works (8) All Artworks by Date 1→10 () All Artworks by Date 10→1 () All Artworks by Name () High resolution (9) Styles Cloisonnism (3) Intimism (39) Japonism (5) Pointillism (3) Post-Impressionism (60).

About the book: The long and illustrious career of Edouard Vuillard spans the fin-de-siecle and the first four decades of the twentieth century, during which time the French painter, printmaker, and photographer created an extraordinary body of work.

This is the first volume to explore Vuillard's rich and varied career in its totality. Edouard Vuillard book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. In many of Edouard Vuillard's () most famous paintings, figures /5(1).Edouard Vuillard: Painter-Decorator - Patrons and Projects, (Russian Literature and Thought) by Groom, Gloria.

Yale University Press, Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting.

Fantastic book.Edouard Vuillard Biography French painter and printmaker Edouard Vuillard was an important member of Les Nabis, a group of Post-Impressionists influential at the end of the 19th-century. Born inVuillard trained in Paris at various institutions including the Lycée Julian and the École des Beaux Arts, to which he was eventually admitted.