Félix Vallotton – research – 01/03/23

  • 1865 – 1925
  • Swiss and French painter & printmaker
  • associated with group of artists called Les Nabis
  • important figure in the development of modern woodcut
  • he focused on woodcut and expressive power of black ink on white paper

Le Bon Marché by Felix Vallotton - c. 1890 – Flashbak Shop

Félix Vallotton | MoMA

  • his prints mostly depict daily life in Paris
  • fascinated by metropolitan phenomenon of the crowd – also showed more intimate subjects in domestic interiors
  • made over 120 woodcuts between 1891-1901
  • print series ‘Intimités’ (10 prints illustrating age-old power struggle between men and women) – felt he had achieved the perfect woodcut in terms of subject matter, style and technique
Félix Vallotton Probed Moral and Formal Expectations of 1800s Paris – ARTnews.com
‘Intimites’

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