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Edouard Vuillard
The Golden Chair, 1906
This portrait of the wife and son of French playwright Georges Feydeau demonstrates the artist's later interest in the lives of the Parisian bourgeoisie and intelligentsia. Feydeau's light comedies were extremely popular with Parisian theater-goers in the early years of the 20th century. His life, Marie-Anne, was the daughter of the famous portrait painter Carolus-Duran. Their prosperity permitted the ornate, rich decor captured in this portrait as well as a growing collection of contemporary art. In contrast to Vuillard's earlier, more flattened compositions, this portrait represents his later three-dimensional treatment of space and increasing realism, as he records even the smallest details. |