The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses
1898
Medium
oil on cardboard
Dimensions
overall: 36.1 x 42.9 cm (14 3/16 x 16 7/8 in.) framed: 59.4 x 66 x 5.7 cm (23 3/8 x 26 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.98
Art Historical Context
Edouard Vuillard's *The Artist's Paint Box Moss Roses* (189) invites visitors into the intimate world of the French Post-Impressionist painter. oil on cardboard painting, measuring a modest 36.1 x 42.9 cm, captures everyday studio objects—a paint box and lush moss roses—in a delicate still life that reflects Vuillard's fascination with domestic harmony and pattern. As a key member of the Symbolist-influenced Les Nabis group alongside Pierre Bonnard, Vuillard pioneered Intimism, blending decorative arts with fine painting. His technique here, using cardboard as a support, lent a spontaneity an...
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...