Orchard by Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

Medium

oil on board

Dimensions

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Classification

Painting

Department

Modern European Painting and Sculpture

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift

Accession Number

2020.120

Tags

male

About this artwork

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.”

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