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Title: Portrait to Identify Possibly, Aristide Bruant
Artist: Félix Vallotton (signed “FV” bottom right)
Technique: Wood engraving (xylography)
Date: Late 19th century
Dimensions: see photo
Signature: Initials “FV” in a rectangular cartouche, bottom right
This striking yet minimalist black and white engraving possibly represents Aristide Bruant, yet to be identified.
Context and Series
This engraving is part of a series of portraits of personalities from the late 19th century created by Félix Vallotton for illustrated press or as independent plates. These portraits are often associated with political, literary, or revolutionary figures (such as Bakunin or Louise Michel) and reveal Vallotton's interest in expressive physiognomy and critical representations of fame.
Biography of Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator, and writer, naturalized French in 1900. Born in Lausanne, he moved to Paris in his youth, where he studied at the Fine Arts. From the 1890s onward, he distinguished himself with his innovative wood engravings, influenced by Japanese printmaking and marked by a refined aesthetic, a dramatic use of black and white, and a sometimes ironic view of society. Close to the Nabi movement, he mingled with Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis. Vallotton developed a diverse body of work: engravings, illustrations for the press, paintings of intimate scenes, landscapes, portraits, and nudes, often imbued with a detached realism. He also authored several novels and critical writings. Félix Vallotton died in Paris in 1925. He is now recognized as one of the major artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for having profoundly renewed the art of engraving.
Type: Print
Medium: On paper
Theme: Portrait, Self-portrait
Artist: Félix Vallotton (signed “FV” bottom right)
Technique: Wood engraving (xylography)
Date: Late 19th century
Dimensions: see photo
Signature: Initials “FV” in a rectangular cartouche, bottom right
This striking yet minimalist black and white engraving possibly represents Aristide Bruant, yet to be identified.
Context and Series
This engraving is part of a series of portraits of personalities from the late 19th century created by Félix Vallotton for illustrated press or as independent plates. These portraits are often associated with political, literary, or revolutionary figures (such as Bakunin or Louise Michel) and reveal Vallotton's interest in expressive physiognomy and critical representations of fame.
Biography of Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator, and writer, naturalized French in 1900. Born in Lausanne, he moved to Paris in his youth, where he studied at the Fine Arts. From the 1890s onward, he distinguished himself with his innovative wood engravings, influenced by Japanese printmaking and marked by a refined aesthetic, a dramatic use of black and white, and a sometimes ironic view of society. Close to the Nabi movement, he mingled with Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis. Vallotton developed a diverse body of work: engravings, illustrations for the press, paintings of intimate scenes, landscapes, portraits, and nudes, often imbued with a detached realism. He also authored several novels and critical writings. Félix Vallotton died in Paris in 1925. He is now recognized as one of the major artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for having profoundly renewed the art of engraving.
Type: Print
Medium: On paper
Theme: Portrait, Self-portrait
Réf :
#337026
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Description
Title: Portrait to Identify Possibly, Aristide Bruant
Artist: Félix Vallotton (signed “FV” bottom right)
Technique: Wood engraving (xylography)
Date: Late 19th century
Dimensions: see photo
Signature: Initials “FV” in a rectangular cartouche, bottom right
This striking yet minimalist black and white engraving possibly represents Aristide Bruant, yet to be identified.
Context and Series
This engraving is part of a series of portraits of personalities from the late 19th century created by Félix Vallotton for illustrated press or as independent plates. These portraits are often associated with political, literary, or revolutionary figures (such as Bakunin or Louise Michel) and reveal Vallotton's interest in expressive physiognomy and critical representations of fame.
Biography of Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator, and writer, naturalized French in 1900. Born in Lausanne, he moved to Paris in his youth, where he studied at the Fine Arts. From the 1890s onward, he distinguished himself with his innovative wood engravings, influenced by Japanese printmaking and marked by a refined aesthetic, a dramatic use of black and white, and a sometimes ironic view of society. Close to the Nabi movement, he mingled with Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis. Vallotton developed a diverse body of work: engravings, illustrations for the press, paintings of intimate scenes, landscapes, portraits, and nudes, often imbued with a detached realism. He also authored several novels and critical writings. Félix Vallotton died in Paris in 1925. He is now recognized as one of the major artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for having profoundly renewed the art of engraving.
Type: Print
Medium: On paper
Theme: Portrait, Self-portrait
Artist: Félix Vallotton (signed “FV” bottom right)
Technique: Wood engraving (xylography)
Date: Late 19th century
Dimensions: see photo
Signature: Initials “FV” in a rectangular cartouche, bottom right
This striking yet minimalist black and white engraving possibly represents Aristide Bruant, yet to be identified.
Context and Series
This engraving is part of a series of portraits of personalities from the late 19th century created by Félix Vallotton for illustrated press or as independent plates. These portraits are often associated with political, literary, or revolutionary figures (such as Bakunin or Louise Michel) and reveal Vallotton's interest in expressive physiognomy and critical representations of fame.
Biography of Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator, and writer, naturalized French in 1900. Born in Lausanne, he moved to Paris in his youth, where he studied at the Fine Arts. From the 1890s onward, he distinguished himself with his innovative wood engravings, influenced by Japanese printmaking and marked by a refined aesthetic, a dramatic use of black and white, and a sometimes ironic view of society. Close to the Nabi movement, he mingled with Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis. Vallotton developed a diverse body of work: engravings, illustrations for the press, paintings of intimate scenes, landscapes, portraits, and nudes, often imbued with a detached realism. He also authored several novels and critical writings. Félix Vallotton died in Paris in 1925. He is now recognized as one of the major artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for having profoundly renewed the art of engraving.
Type: Print
Medium: On paper
Theme: Portrait, Self-portrait
Réf :
#337026
