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Edouard Vuillard — Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau

Edouard Vuillard

Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau

1901

Edouard Vuillard's portrait of Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau demonstrates his characteristic intimate approach to depicting bourgeois society, rendered in the muted, harmonious palette typical of his Nabis period work. Created using peinture à la colle, a distemper technique on cardboard mounted on panel, the painting captures the couple with psychological subtlety rather than formal grandeur. The soft, decorative quality of the medium and Vuillard's restrained color harmonies suggest the quiet domesticity and social refinement of the sitters, who were prominent figures in Parisian cultural life.

Medium
peinture à la colle on cardboard laid down on cradled panel

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Modernités

October 18, 2024

Estimate: $300,000$500,000

Lot 141

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Edouard Vuillard, Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau, 1901

Edouard Vuillard's portrait of Monsieur et Madame Georges Feydeau demonstrates his characteristic intimate approach to depicting bourgeois society, rendered in the muted, harmonious palette typical of his Nabis period work. Created using peinture à la colle, a distemper technique on cardboard mounted on panel, the painting captures the couple with psychological subtlety rather than formal grandeur. The soft, decorative quality of the medium and Vuillard's restrained color harmonies suggest the quiet domesticity and social refinement of the sitters, who were prominent figures in Parisian cultural life.

Medium
peinture à la colle on cardboard laid down on cradled panel
Year
1901
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Muted Color Palette, 20th Century, Nabis Movement, French Artist, Intimate Domestic Scene, Post-Impressionism, Decorative interior setting, Portrait, Psychological Depth, Oil on Canvas

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Cleveland Museum of Art