Woman in a Striped Dress
1895
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 65.7 x 58.7 cm (25 7/8 x 23 1/8 in.) framed: 88.3 x 84 x 8.9 cm (34 3/4 x 33 1/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1983.1.38
Art Historical Context
Edouard Vuillard's *Woman in a Striped* (1895), an oil on canvas measuring 65.7 x 58.7 cm, captures the intimate essence of everyday life through the lens of Post-Impressionism. As a key member of the-garde group Les Nabis Vuillard transformed ordinary domestic scenes into richly patterned tapestries of color and. This portrait likely depicts a close friend or family member, rendered with his signature technique of dappled light filtering through fabrics and spaces, blurring the boundaries between figure and background. Vuillard's mastery lies in his innovative use of bold, decorative pattern...
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...