Programme de théâtre (recto); Etudes (verso)
c.1890-1910
Medium
gouache, watercolor, brush and India ink, and graphite on paper (recto) watercolor, pastel, brush and India ink, and graphite on paper (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 22.86 × 16.19 cm (9 × 6 3/8 in.) framed: 40.1 × 32.1 × 3.3 cm (15 13/16 × 12 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Jeff Atlas and Terry Atlas, in honor of Martin and Liane Atlas
Accession Number
2022.73.1.a-b
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...