Who created "The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers"?

The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers was created by Édouard Jean Vuillard in c. 1890–91.

When was "The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers" created?

This artwork was created c. 1890–91.

What medium is "The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers"?

The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers is Pastel, with graphite, stumping and erasing on ivory wove paper.

The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers

Édouard Jean Vuillard

c. 1890–91

Medium

Pastel, with graphite, stumping and erasing on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Max: 37.5 × 30.5 cm (14 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Classification

pastel

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

86259

About the Artist

Édouard Jean Vuillard · 1868–1940

Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940) was a French painter and printmaker whose intimate, pattern-saturated domestic interiors place him among the most distinctive voices of the Post-Impressionist era. Born in Cuiseaux and raised in Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian, where he formed friendships with Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and other young painters who would coales...

The Artist's Mother Playing Checkers

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