Vuillard, Édouard (ādwär` vüēyär`), 1868–1940, French painter and lithographer; a member of the Nabis Nabis (näbē`) [Heb.,=prophets], a group of artists in France active during the 1890s.
..... Click the link for more information. . He is known for his scenes of Montmartre and especially for domestic interiors that evoke the quiet intimacy of home life. Such paintings as Mother and Sister of the Artist (1893; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City) have a brooding tension that was supplanted by works in a lighter, more decorative vein after 1900.

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See biographies by S. Preston (1985) and B. Thomson (1988).

Vuillard, (Jean-) Édouard

“Under the Trees,” tempera on canvas panel from “Jardin de Paris,” by …

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(born Nov. 11, 1868, Cuiseaux, France—died June 21, 1940, La Baule) French painter, printmaker, and decorator. With Pierre Bonnard he developed the Intimist style, characterized by small paintings of daily home life, such as Woman Sweeping (c. 1892). He was an original member of the Nabis; his Public Gardens (1894), a series of decorative panels that use pale light and neutral colours to create a mood of restful calm, are typical of his mature work as a Nabi. He received numerous commissions to decorate public buildings, including murals in the Palais de Chaillot (1937) and in the League of Nations building in Geneva (1939), and also designed for the Ballets Russes.