
Length2h 49m
About this audiobook
Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century. Although he is best known for his striking and elegantly composed Japanese-inspired woodblock prints, Vallotton was also a skilled painter, creating works that arrestingly combined technical perfection with emotional realism. This seminal text provides readers with a fascinating assessment of the career of this revolutionary artist.
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Publish dateJun 27, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Félix Félix
2Author: Nathalia Brodskaïa
3Content
4The Turning Point of Vallotton’s Career . .115
5Introduction
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6A Talented Artist
7His Training
8thought of himself as a student.
9Lake Geneva, c. 1892. Private collection.
10The First Successes
11impression on him.
12far more important.”
13talents exclusively into painting.
14of the essence of many things and a better understanding of my
15collection of frames; over-ornate, over-gilded, and over-large”.
16His Paintings
17“Above the woods of Verdon the bluish peak of Mount Dresch could
18excessively clear and grandiose expanses of water and mountains. He
19itself there with particular ease and particular harmony.”
20manner without any punctuation:
21Near Honfleur, 1901. Private collection.
22The Nabis and Engraving
23Encountering the Nabis
24Gossip, 1902. Tempera on cardboard, 38 x 51 cm. Private collection.
25Denis, the Nabi of the Beautiful Icons; Bonnard, the Highly Nipponised Nabi;
26fantastic art.”
27Aurélien Lugné-Poë (the future founder of the “Creativity” theatre), and the orientalist
28Symbolism in literature.
29them with the following comments:
30Les Bruyeres, Varengeville, 1904. Private collection.
31quite different in their own inclinations, their own temperaments and their own
32on all these young men…”
33Engraving
34Evening, Honfleur, 1909. Private collection. (p. 94)
35tragic sharpness, in contrast to the large white ground”.
36Yellow and White Sunset, 1911. Private collection.
37decorative engravings.
38movement of the graver.
39Remy de Gourmont.
40of the fire…”
41Brightly-Coloured Bird, published in Berlin by Otto Julius Bierbaum. The delicate
42anxious thought.
43the Karamazovs and the narrator of Reminiscences of an Egotist, especially the
44The Turning Point of VallottonÊs Career
45very good sense.”
46justify himself:
47Gabrielle Rodrigues.
48The Return to Painting
49specific and decorative charm of his pictures.
50on the floor.