Felix Vallotton

stil: Cloisonnism; Symbolism; Post-Impressionism; Realism; Art Nouveau;

yer: Lanne

Doğmuş: 1865

Ölüm: 1925

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Early Life and Training

, a Swiss/French painter and printmaker, was born on December 28, 1865, in Lausanne, Switzerland. He attended Collège Cantonal, graduating with a degree in classical studies in 1882. In that year, he moved to Paris to study art under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger at the Académie Julian.

Artistic Style and Influences

Vallotton's earliest paintings, chiefly portraits, are firmly rooted in the academic tradition. However, his style soon evolved, influenced by post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and especially by Japanese woodcut. He emphasized outline and flat patterns, eliminating gradations and modeling traditionally produced by hatching.

Notable Works

• Intimités (Intimacies), a series of ten interiors published in 1898, which deal with tension between men and women.
• Bathers on a Summer Evening (1892–93), now in the Kunsthaus Zürich.
• Moonlight (1895), in the Musée d'Orsay.

Association with Les Nabis and Later Work

By 1892, Vallotton was affiliated with Les Nabies, a group of young artists that included Pierre Bonnard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Maurice Denis, and Édouard Vuillard. His paintings reflected the style of his woodcuts, with flat areas of color, hard edges, and simplification of detail.

Legacy

Vallotton's graphic art reached its highest development in the late 1890s, widely disseminated in periodicals and books in Europe as well as in the United States. His influence can be seen in the work of Edvard Munch, Aubrey Beardsley, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Key Links:

• Félix Vallotton's Artworks on Wikioo.org
• Vallotton's Biography on Wikipedia
• Musee de Pully, a Hidden Gem of Swiss Art