Woman with a bouquet, Félix Vallotton
This large painting, which was displayed at the 1922 Autumn Salon under the title Le Bouquet, incorporates three genres (landscape, portrait and still life) which Vallotton was particularly fond of in the later years of his life. This painting demonstrates his great mastery of them.
The landscape, framed on the left, can be identified as Le Chemineau Tournedos, which was painted by the artist in the same year (private collection). The painter painted this studio model, recognisable by her hooked nose, on several occasions. Here the woman, whose identity remains unknown, is busy arranging a sumptuous vase of flowers.
The radiant colours, the masterly skills in the treatment of the bouquet, and the light on the ribbed velvet housecoat, make this work an example of painting in its purest form.
Félix Édouard Vallotton (1865 – 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style.
Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame).
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
