Édouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)

Room Paintings holds 27 paintings by Édouard Vuillard, from the National Gallery of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. They date from 1889 to 1936. We file most of them under Post-Impressionism, and some under Early 20th-Century Painting. The most common subjects are women, flowers and gardens. 24 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the apartment or dorm and guest room.

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Dense and varied landscape with open fields, groves of bushy trees, and a row of thin conifers. A light-blue river tranverses the canvas, and a church steeple emerges from the trees at left of center.

Édouard Vuillard Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens"), Édouard Vuillard, 1894, distemper on fabric

Édouard Vuillard Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens"), 1894 Cleveland Museum of Art

A screen made up of five tall, rectangular panels, set side by side and each surrounded by a gold frame, is painted as a single scene showing a tree-lined sidewalk curving around a park in a city.

Édouard Vuillard Place Vintimille, 1911 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a person seated at a table in a bright yellow chair, facing the right. The person has pale skin and gray hair, and they are wearing a loose-fitting light brown garment, similar to a long coat or dress.

Édouard Vuillard Breakfast, 1894 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a brown jug filled with pink roses and green leaves on a brown surface that looks like a suitcase on its side. To the right of the jug are some stacked books, which are a light green color.

Édouard Vuillard The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a partial view of a dark wooden mantle. The mantle itself takes up the bottom right corner of the painting, and we see one side of it, but not the other.

Édouard Vuillard Vase of Flowers on a Mantelpiece, c. 1900 National Gallery of Art

Two pale-skinned women are shown from the waist up behind a counter in an interior space in this nearly square painting.

Édouard Vuillard Woman in a Striped Dress, 1895 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows the upper half of a woman's body, focusing on her face, head, and large hat. The woman's body is slightly turned toward the right, but she is looking directly at us.

Édouard Vuillard Madame Bonnard, 1895/1900 National Gallery of Art

The head of a pale-skinned man nearly fills this shadowy, vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle to our right, and his dark eyes cut back to look at us.

Édouard Vuillard Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889 National Gallery of Art

Woman Ironing, Édouard Vuillard, 1892, oil on board

Édouard Vuillard Woman Ironing, 1892 Cleveland Museum of Art

Luncheon (Annette and Her Grandmother), Édouard Vuillard, 1899, oil on board

Édouard Vuillard Luncheon (Annette and Her Grandmother), 1899 Cleveland Museum of Art

Orchard, Édouard Vuillard, 1897, oil on board

Édouard Vuillard Orchard, 1897 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows two women seated on yellow-gold chairs in a room. The woman on the left appears young, with short brown hair and light skin.

Édouard Vuillard Women Sewing, c. 1912 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape seen from an elevated view. Fields dotted with small trees line a hill that reaches up towards the horizon, below a blue sky full of white, puffy clouds.

Édouard Vuillard Landscape of the Ile-de-France, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

Two people, perhaps a woman and man, and a baby sit at a table in a courtyard surrounded by vine-covered walls in this square painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs, dashes, or smudges. The table is to the left of center.

Édouard Vuillard Repast in a Garden, 1898 National Gallery of Art

Édouard Vuillard Woman Sitting by the Fireside, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a grassy landscape from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon is high in the composition, with faint pink-and-yellow mountains or hills under a muted gray-blue sky. Closest to us, light greens and yellows suggest grass.

Édouard Vuillard On the Beach, c. 1907 National Gallery of Art

Two people are depicted in this painting. The person on the left is standing with their hands on a wooden chair. They have light skin, close-cut hair, and wear a long, black, high-necked dress.

Édouard Vuillard The Conversation, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Painted with wide strokes in almost geometric areas of mottled color, a woman wearing a long black dress stands at the side of a table in this stylized, vertical composition.

Édouard Vuillard Woman in Black, c. 1891 National Gallery of Art

This painting displays soft, rounded shapes and fragmented lines, creating an abstract portrayal of two people seated at a dark yellow table.

Édouard Vuillard Two Women Drinking Coffee, c. 1893 National Gallery of Art

At the Café, Édouard Vuillard, c. 1897–99, oil on board, laid on cradled panel

Édouard Vuillard At the Café, c. 1897–99 Cleveland Museum of Art

We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a wooden armchair behind an L-shaped desk, in this loosely painted vertical portrait.

Édouard Vuillard Théodore Duret, 1912 National Gallery of Art

A child and man stand facing away from us in this vertical painting. The scene is painted with visible dabs, stipples, and strokes of paint, and many details, especially in the distance, are indistinct.

Édouard Vuillard Child Wearing a Red Scarf, c. 1891 National Gallery of Art

Café Wepler, Édouard Vuillard, c. 1908–10, reworked in 1912, oil on fabric

Édouard Vuillard Café Wepler, c. 1908–10, reworked in 1912 Cleveland Museum of Art

André Bénac, Édouard Vuillard, 1936, oil on fabric

Édouard Vuillard André Bénac, 1936 Cleveland Museum of Art

Show all works (2 more: nudes or violent scenes)

Our room, color and style lists leave these out. They are public domain like the rest.

This painting shows a woman with her face turned to the left and her back to us, holding a piece of white fabric in her left hand. She has pale yellow skin and dark brown hair tied up into a loose bun or knot at the back of her head.

Édouard Vuillard Woman at Her Toilette, c. 1891 National Gallery of Art

A woman pushes aside a deep golden yellow curtain that fills three-quarters of this nearly square painting.

Édouard Vuillard The Yellow Curtain, c. 1893 National Gallery of Art