The Hearth (L'Atre) from Landscapes and Interiors (Paysages et intérieurs)
Édouard Vuillard
French, 1868–1940
1899
A color lithograph by Édouard Vuillard that captures a small, intimate domestic scene—hearth, bowls and a chair—using painterly marks and muted color to evoke the feel of everyday life.
What strikes you is the flattened, cropped space: a dark oven-like opening, a scatter of bowls and fruit on a ledge, and a tall, sketchy chair intruding into the picture, all rendered in layered washes of olive, yellow, red and gray that turn objects into decorative pattern.
Produced at the height of the Nabis, this print shows Vuillard translating his intimate, decorative approach from painting into printmaking, helping to make modern interiors into stylized, poetic subjects rather than straightforward representations.
Medium
Lithograph from a portfolio of twelve lithographs and lithographed cover
Dimensions
composition: 13 1/2 x 10 7/8" (34.3 x 27.7 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 7/8" (40.3 x 32.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
599.1940.9
Palette
Exhibitions
