Felix vallotton swiss, femme lisant the abandoned book my portrait, 1891 portrait of. Paintings, watercoulors, drawings and woodcuts jpl fine arts on. His woodcuts were widely disseminated in periodicals and books in. The work of felix vallotton caught the eye of pierre bonnard and edouard. This magazine was superimportant it was published between 1889 and 1903 and had many influential contributors such as toulouse lautrec. Vallottons vivid, enigmatic and sometimes unsettling paintings and woodcuts. The artist played a central role in reviving the european woodcut tradition, which had subsided after its popularity in the northern renaissance. Excellent book to complement the exhibition at the ra. Painter of disquiet the metropolitan museum of art. Art gallery that specializes in africanamerican original art as well as prints. We have 36 felix vallotton prints and posters, including the visit, 1899, child playing with a balloon, 1899, and more.
Like many artists of his generation, he was influenced by the japanese woodcuts which were then being presented in europe, and he was also interested in symbolism. Painter of disquiet presents pivotal moments in the artists career as a painter and printmaker. Felix vallottons woodblock prints felix vallotton 18651925 was one of the artists who helped to turn printmaking into an art in its own right, as opposed to merely a method of reproduction. By the end of the 19th century, paris was the unrivaled capital of the western art world. Through more than 80 paintings and exquisite prints, this exhibition reveals. The black and white world of felix vallottons prints. Vallottons vivid, enigmatic and sometimes unsettling paintings and woodcuts made him a key. A beginners guide to felix vallotton blog royal academy of arts. Vallotton s vivid, enigmatic and sometimes unsettling paintings and woodcuts made him a key commentator on the social mores of findesiecle paris. This 19thcentury woodcut, created during a time when the role of crowds was being questioned, illustrates the importance of context for works of art. In 1898 he published felix vallotton, biographie, a dual translation frenchgerman monograph on the artist that included a broad selection of the woodcuts and a compelling endorsement of his innovative style. Felix vallotton best of felix vallotton, nathalia brodskaia on. There seem to be few, if any, other books published in english dealing with vallottons woodcuts. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut.
Vallotton emphasized outline and flat patterns, and generally eliminated the gradations and modeling traditionally produced by hatching. Felix vallotton is best known for the pungent wit of the woodcuts he executed in paris in the 1890simages that often appear in these pages. Felix vallotton, a swissfrench painter and printmaker was associated. Vallottons woodcut style was novel in its starkly reductive opposition of large masses of undifferentiated black and areas of unmodulated white.
Felix edouard vallotton december 28, 1865 december 29, 1925 was a swiss and french painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as les nabis. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. The work of felix vallotton caught the eye of pierre bonnard and edouard vuillard. Postimpressionist style of paul gauguin and popular japanese woodblock prints. Philippe buttner, ann dumas, belinda thomson, dita. His paintings are the subject of the well regarded catalog, felix vallotton 1991, prepared by yale curator sacha m newman to accompany a large traveling exhibition.