Edouard VuillardFrench, 1868–1940La Comédie
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “La Comédie” now? Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- AM 2369
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Édouard Vuillard · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Edouard Vuillard
The whole life1930–1935
Between Paris and the Château de Clayes
From 1930 to 1935 he divides his time between Paris and the Château de Clayes, owned by his friend Hessel.
July 1936
First official recognition: the mural “La Comédie”
Vuillard receives no official recognition from the French state until July 1936, when he is commissioned to paint a mural, La Comédie, with his impressions of the history of the Paris theatre world, for the foyer of the new Théâtre national de Chaillot, built for the 1937 International Exposition; in 1937 he paints it together with Bonnard.
August 1936
The City of Paris buys his paintings
A month after his first state commission, the City of Paris buys four of his paintings and a collection of sketches.
1937
Commission for the League of Nations in Geneva
Together with Maurice Denis and Roussel he receives another major commission, a monumental mural for the Palace of the League of Nations in Geneva; his mural is titled “Peace, Protector of the Arts”.
second half of 1938
Trip to Geneva for the installation of the mural
In the second half of 1938 he travels to Geneva to oversee the installation of his mural “Peace, Protector of the Arts” at the League of Nations building.
July 1938
Major retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs presents a major retrospective of his paintings, five months after his election to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in February 1938. Other accounts date his membership of the Institut de France to 1937.
