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| Author: Guy Cogeval
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 528
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Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 9.8 x 2.1
ISBN: 0300097379
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.4
EAN: 9780300097375
ASIN: 0300097379
Publication Date: January 1, 2003
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A quiet man who lived with his beloved mother, the painter Edouard Vuillard applied his inventive talents to re-imagining bourgeois interiors as shifting planes of color and pattern. Admirers of his sensuous interior world will be bowled over by this sumptuous volume with its vivid narrative and 463 exquisite color reproductions. In Edouard Vuillard, Guy Cogeval discusses the artist's life and work with a passionate involvement that is rare in contemporary art writing. He describes how Vuillard's early work as a set designer apparently led him to stage manage family members, placing them in tense or confrontational tableaux that he memorialized in paint. Vuillard was an enthusiastic amateur photographer who favored the new handheld Kodak camera. An entire chapter is dedicated to the artist's charmingly artless snapshots of family and friends. In his later years, Vuillard utilized a more down-to-earth painting style in portraits of the rich and famous. While these paintings are often dismissed as conservative, Cogeval points out Vuillard's use of subtle details to comment on some of his sitters. Four other essayists treat themes ranging from "Vuillard and Ambiguity" to the effect of his annual summer vacations on his treatment of landscape, light and composition. This exceptional book accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., from Jan. 19 to April 20, 2004, which travels to Montreal, Paris, and London. --Cathy Curtis
Book Description
The illustrious career of Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) spanned the fin de siecle and the first four decades of the twentieth century. During that time, the French painter, printmaker, and photographer created a large number of extraordinary works. This gorgeous book-the most comprehensive and authoritative study of Vuillard's art to date-presents some hundred works that reveal the full range of his renowned artistic abilities. In a series of illustrated essays, the authors explore Vuillard's complex and diverse career, which began with his academic training in Paris in the late 1880s. By the early 1890s, Vuillard was painting the innovative and sensual Nabi paintings for which he is best known, characterized by complex patterns and vibrant colors. Vuillard was also beginning to paint provocative interiors and works associated with the avant-garde theater. The book concludes with an examination of Vuillard's sumptuous large-scale decorations, luminous landscapes, and elegant portraits from the last decades of his career as well as a substantial selection of his pastels and prints, in addition to his photographs, many of which have never before been published. This book is the catalogue for an exhibition on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from January 19 to April 20, 2003, which then travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (May 15 to August 24, 2003); the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris (September 23, 2003 to January 4, 2004); and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (January 27 to April 27, 2004).
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Outstanding June 2, 2008
Anne Hilow (West Coast)
Terrific reproductions, great bio and lovely feel to this handsome volume. I admire Vuillard for his ability to use what are generally dank tonals to achieve such melodious, satiny and harmonized compositions. As a painter I look for the best repros to help me in my own training. A fellow painter friend's borrowed it and I'm still not sure if I've gotten it back.
2nd best vuillard collection December 31, 2007
jeff west (austin, tx)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i've only found one vuillard collection bigger (better) than this one. it's the complete collection: a 3 volume set (same page size as this book). i've only seen it in art libraries in large universities; it must cost hundreds. for us mortals, Cogeval's selection will satisfy 99.99% of the vuillard fans out there. the image quality is quite good -- i've seen them framed. and the text is well written.
vuillard May 13, 2007
V. Alejandra (argentina)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
it is really a wonderful book, with very many very beautiful illustrations, many of not always known them. really much more of which it hoped, it contains whole work catalogues of very important museums for the lovers of the painting of Vuillard, it contains 463 beautiful illustrations to color
From hesitation to a superb rating.... April 19, 2003
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I had the opportunity to see this show at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. and am amazed at how well everything was represented both in the book and at the show. At first I wasn't going to buy the book but, after speaking with my painting professor, who has been collecting Vuillard books for over 30 years, state that this is THE most comprehensive book of Vuillard's work and probably has more information and work than all his other Vuillard books combined, well, that clenched it and I had to get the book. I am very, very glad I did.
An authoritative coverage of Vuillard's vast body of art April 14, 2003
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The career of this French painter and photographer spanned the first four decades of the 20th century and produced a wealth of works. Edouard Vuillard represents the most comprehensive and authoritative study of Vuillard's art, with over a hundred works covering the wide range of his creations and enjoying essays by the authors, who explore his career and influences. Though it's the catalog for an exhibition in Washington DC, Edouard Vuillard will also earn its own rightful place as an authoritative coverage of Vuillard's vast body of art.
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