Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")
1894
Edouard Vuillard
Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens"), 1894. Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Distemper on fabric; framed: 229.9 x 113 x 11.4 cm (90 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 214.2 x 96.3 cm (84 5/16 x 37 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.212 Vuillard's social circle included actors and directors. He often contributed to their theatrical pursuits by designing costumes, programs, and set pieces. In this panel from a nine-part series, a patterned landscape recalls scenery for the stage. Imagine seeing the panels reunited in their original location: the luxurious dining room of a Parisian mansion.
- Maker/Artist
- Vuillard, Edouard
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- distemper on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 229.9 x 113 x 11.4 cm (90 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 214.2 x 96.3 cm (84 5/16 x 37 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: E. Vuillard 94
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1953.212
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Exhibitions
- In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Paths of Abstract Art, Object in Focus: Under the Trees (Sous les arbres) by Edouard Vuillard, Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Roussel, 1890-1930, Edouard Vuillard, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900, Paris, Bernheim-Jeune. Vuillard (1906), no. 26 (according to Jacques Salomon, who is preparing a catalogue raisonné).<br>Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts. Les étapes de l'art contemporain II: Gauguin, ses amis, L'École de Pont-Aven et l'Académie Julian (1934), no. 165 (according to Salomon, unpub.).<br>Paris, Les Cadres. Peintres de la Revue blanche (1936), no. 79 (according to Salomon, unpub.).<br>Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Exposition É. Vuillard (1938), no. 34b, Sous les arbres, 214 x 97 cm, à Henri Blum (repr.).<br>cma; New York, Museum of Modern Art. Édouard Vuillard (1954), 20, 34 (repr.), 101.<br>cma. Paths of Abstract Art (1960), no. 10, pl. II, 9 (repr.).<br>Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Art Institute of Chicago. Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940 (1971-72), 39 (repr.), 49-50, 225.<br>Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 29 - November 29, 1998. "Object in Focus: Under the Trees (Sous les arbres) by Edouard Vuillard."<br>The Art Institute of Chicago (2/21-5/27/01); NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (6/18 - 9/9/01); "Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Roussel, 1890-1930"exh. cat. no. 33, pp. 120-121.<br>The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1/19/2003-4/20/2003), Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (5/15/2003-8/24/2003): "Edouard Vuillard", exh.cat.no. 118, p. 172-173.<br>CMA (organizer). Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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