Vuillard Edouard
(1868-1940) Nationality: French Activity: Painter Average rate: Between $ 60,000 and 3,800.000 Born in Cuiseaux, Central France, Vuillard started at 20 to paint small paintings, notably still lifes, and soon expressed a rare talent in capturing the essence of objects.
Adopting a rather intimate approach in his works, he also produced portraits and interior scenes under the influence of Gauguin and moved progressively away from the Nabi movement after becoming more audacious in the use of colours to such an extent that he was considered as a pioneer of Fauvism well before 1900.
Vuillards touch was quite revolutionary in the 1890s though he stuck to daily life themes producing mostly small size works.
Living with his mother this artist was known as a peacfeul man who had little concern for success. In fact his works became popular only after his death in 1940.
Vuillard detached himself from Gauguin and Impressionist painters when in 1893 he started to paint frescoes in many flats, notably those of the Nathanson brothers, Madame Desmarais, Henri Bernstein, the Bernheim family and Dr Vaquez among others.
From then on and during 20 years, Vuillard was at his best regarding the quality of his palette and aesthetic forms. He thus produced exquisite paintings exhaling the intimate atmosphere of the settings he chose to represent with much refinement.
Vuillard was certainly a great master though he would modestly refuse to be described as such. Solitude seemed to suit him much and despite the impression of easiness shown in his paintings he often worked hard to feel satisfied with what he had achieved.
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