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La jupe noire, circa 1903

Signed lower right E Vuillard

On the reverse: handwritten reference numbers 3989 and D851; stamp 4012.



Édouard Vuillard was born in 1868 in Cuiseaux, Burgundy, and moved to Paris at an early age, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and associated with figures such as Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis.

In 1889, he joined the Nabis group, an artistic avant-garde that aimed to transcend Impressionism with a symbolic and decorative language.

His paintings are characterized by intimate, domestic interiors, often populated by family and friends, characterized by flat surfaces, muted colors, and a strong decorative sense reminiscent of Japanese art and textile motifs. In his later years, Vuillard also devoted himself to large mural panels and portraits, becoming popular in bourgeois Parisian circles.

In 1940, he was forced to leave Paris following the German advance and, during the journey, died in La Baule.

With a style combining intimacy and decoration, Vuillard remained a key figure in French painting between the 19th and 20th centuries, a bridge between Symbolist aesthetics and modern research.


oil on cardboard transferred on board
cm 59,5 x 80 - framed cm 83 x 103,5
Attached is a declaration of authenticity on photograph by Robert Schmit n. 1810, dated Paris, 7 October 1986.
Origin:
Roger Marx Collection, Paris;

Marx sale, Galerie Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Paris, May 11-12, 1914, lot 84 (Le Manteau noir);

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 20290);

Alexander Reid Gallery, Glasgow (January 7, 1920);

W.H. Howden, Glasgow;

Alexander Reid Gallery, Glasgow (1928);

Gérard Frères Collection, Paris (1929);

Jos Hessel, Paris;

Galerie Schmit, Paris;

Private collection, Switzerland.
Exhibitions:
French Pictures at the McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, McLellan Galleries, January 1920, no. 138;


XIIIe Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, Paris, September 25 - October 12, 1986, Galerie Schmit stand (illustrated in no. 33 of the brochure published for the occasion by Galerie Schmit).
Bibliography:
A. Salomon and G. Cogeval, Vuillard / The Inexhaustible Glance / Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels / Volume II, Milan, 2003, p. 651, n. VII - 215 (ill.).
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