Walking Figure Seen from Behind
Edouard Vuillard
c. 1894
Medium
black pen and ink and wash on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.5 x 12 cm (8 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg
Accession Number
2004.140.35
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...