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Édouard Vuillard

The Poetry of the Everyday

Chris Stephens author Belinda Thompson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pallas Athene Publishers

Publishing:27th Nov '24

£14.95

This title is due to be published on 27th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Édouard Vuillard cover

During the 1890s and early 1900s Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940) produced a body of work that combines intimate subject matter with abstract form through the simplification of pictorial elements and observation of decorative fabrics and wallpapers. Through these devices he developed an art that is unashamedly decorative and yet always replete with subtle suggestions of deeper meanings. In balancing form and content, psychological drama and abstraction, his pictures are about as close to poetry as any artist’s, and all the more brilliant for their understatement and the near imperceptibility of their craft.

Illustrating many rarely seen paintings from private collections, this book offers a fresh look at the early career of this much-loved artist. Introduced by Chris Stephens, director of the Holburne Museum, and with an original essay by Belinda Thompson.

ISBN: 9781843682493

Dimensions: 138mm x 138mm x 13mm

Weight: unknown

80 pages