Painter

Édouard Vuillard

Édouard Vuillard was a French painter known for intimate interiors, gardens, patterned surfaces, and decorative compositions in distemper, oil, and other media.


Édouard Vuillard quick facts

A concise reference for his materials, subjects, and painting approach.

Édouard Vuillard quick facts
Born1868 · Cuiseaux, France
Died1940 · La Baule, France
NationalityFrench
Paint mediaDistemper · Oil paint
Common subjectsDomestic interiors, gardens, portraits, family life, patterned textiles, and decorative scenes
Known forFlattened decorative spaces in which figures, furnishings, wallpaper, and textile patterns merge into richly worked surfaces

Sources: Museum of Modern Art, MoMA: The Park, and The Met: Garden at Vaucresson.