Édouard Vuillard
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Vuillard’s wide experience in graphic art for the theater taught him to paint large-scale decorations, and, through his experiments with the formal elements of painting, he helped the Nabis school of painting to fulfill its primary ambition: to gain acceptance for decorative paintings.
Early Life
Jean-Édouard Vuillard, the youngest of three children, was born at Cuiseaux, Saône-et Loire, in France, on November 11, 1868. After Édouard’s father retired as a colonial officer, he married Marie Michaud, the daughter of a textile...
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