• 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

• 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

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