Across Country (A travers champs)
1897/1898 (published 1899)
Medium
color lithograph on China paper
Dimensions
image: 25.9 × 34.3 cm (10 3/16 × 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.3 × 36.3 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.265
Art Historical Context
Édouard Vuillard'sAcross Country (A travers champs)*, created around 1897–1898 and published in1899, captures the artist's fascination with everyday landscapes through the innovative medium of color lithography on delicate China paper. intimate print, measuring about 26 × 34 cm, exemplifies Vuillard's Post-Impressionist roots as a member of Les Nabis, a group blended symbolism, bold patterns, and decorative flatness to evoke mood over strict realism. The thin China paper enhances the vibrancy and subtlety of the layered colors, a technique that allowed for rich, painterly effects in printmakin...
About the Artist
Edouard Vuillard · 1868–1940
Jean-Édouard Vuillard was born on November 11, 1868, in Cuiseaux, Saône-et-Loire, France, to a retired naval captain father and seamstress mother, Marie Vuillard. After his father's early death in 1884, the family settled in Paris, where Vuillard attended the Lycée Condorcet, meeting future Nabis members like Ker-Xavier Roussel—later his brother-in-law—and Maurice Denis. He began formal training i...