id:			171532
accession number:	2014.322
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.322
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:40.470000

Portrait of Theo van Rysselberghe, c. 1898. Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Etching and aquatint; sheet: 23.7 x 32.6 cm (9 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.); platemark: 9.8 x 14 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2014.322

title:				Portrait of Theo van Rysselberghe
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creation date:			c. 1898
creation date earliest:		1893
creation date latest:		1903
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creditline:			Bequest of John Bonebrake
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culture:	France, 19th-20th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)  - artist
After attending the Lycée Condorcet, Édouard Vuillard entered the studio of history painter Diogène Maillart (1840-1926). In 1886 he enrolled at the Académie Julian, where he was taught by Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911) and Bouguereau (q.v.). The following year he was accepted into the École des Beaux-Arts and was briefly in the atelier of Gérôme (q.v.). At this time he also studied seventeenth-century Dutch painting and the works of Chardin (1699-1779). By 1889 Vuillard was persuaded by his friend painter and theorist Maurice Denis (1870-1943) to join the newly formed group of artists known as the Nabis. The Nabis based many of their ideas on synthetism, first developed by Gauguin (q.v.) and Émile Bernard (1868-1941), in which the artist was to work not from nature but from memory. Vuillard's initial synthetist works reveal a preoccupation with pattern and bright colors, denying the three-dimensionality of the object. By 1892, however, his colors were more subdued, reflecting his desire to mimic the unusual lighting effects that he had seen in symbolist theater. Vuillard's first major commissions date from this time, including nine panels for the dining room of Alexandre Natanson and four decorative panels for the library of Dr. Henri Vaquez. In 1898 Vuillard visited Venice and Florence, and the following year he and Bonnard (q.v.), a fellow member of the Nabis, made an excursion to London. Later they went to Milan and Venice and eventually to Spain. Vuillard also made trips to Brittany and Normandy. His first public commission came in 1912, when he was asked to paint panels for the foyer of the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris. During that period he moved beyond the synthetism of the Nabis and returned to a more traditional perspective. At the same time he was accepting commissions for portraits. In 1936 he was chosen to paint a mural at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and was subsequently elected to the Institut de France.
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measurements: Sheet: 23.7 x 32.6 cm (9 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.); Platemark: 9.8 x 14 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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	description:	laid paper
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	inscription:	On mat, in graphite: Vuillard. Theo Van Rysselberghe from the cancelled plate (Craddock + Barnard)

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PROVENANCE

	(Craddack and Barnard, Tunbridge Wells, sold to John Bonebrake, Cleveland, OH)
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	John Bonebrake, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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