Edouard VuillardFrench, 1868–1940Orchard
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The organic strokes that comprise Vuillard’s trees contrast with the linear divisions of agricultural land. The imagery is reminiscent of a passage written by the artist’s muse, Misia Natanson: “Solemn and dreamy, Vuillard led me along the river, past high silver birch trees. . . . He slowly moved through the yellowed grass. . . . Our silhouettes were just shadows against a pale sky.”
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2020.120
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Edouard Vuillard
The whole life1886–1927 · Workplace
Paris
1894–1908
The Dreyfus Affair divides the Nabis
The Dreyfus Affair split French society and deepened the rift among the Nabis: Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard supported Dreyfus, while Maurice Denis and Paul Sérusier sided with the army.
December 1895
Shown at the opening of Bing’s Maison de l’Art Nouveau
Displayed at the opening of Bing’s gallery in December 1895 are his series of decorative porcelain plates, with women in modern dress immersed in floral designs, his design for the Tiffany window and the decorative panels made for the Natansons.
late 1890s
A long relationship with Misia Natanson
In the late 1890s begins his long relationship with Misia Natanson, wife of his patron Thadée: he helps her decorate the Natansons’ apartment, paints her often in his decorative panels and regularly accompanies the couple to their country house. Vuillard never married, but women greatly shaped his life and work.
1899 · Workplace
London
1899
Travel: Kingdom of Italy
