Edouard Vuillard : painter-decorator : patrons and projects, 1892-1912 / Gloria Groom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groom, Gloria Lynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vuillard, Édouard, 1868-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Vuillard, Édouard.

Artists and patrons--France.

Artists and patrons.

Interior architecture--France.

Interior architecture.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1993.

Contents:

Map of Paris

1. The Nabis, the Decorative Aesthetic, and the Circle of La Revue Blanche

2. Women at Work and at Play: The Commission for M and Mme Desmarais, 1892-1893

3. Women, Children, and Public Gardens: The Commissions for Thadée and Alexandre Natanson, 1893-1894

4. Feminine Elegance and Flowers: The Decorative Projects for the Thadée Natansons and Dr. Vaquez, 1895- 1896

5. Portraiture as Decoration: The Commissions for Jean Schopfer, 1898 and 1901

6. Landscape as Decoration - Transformations of Place: The Commissions for Adam Natanson and Jack Aghion, 1899

7. Of Lilies, Haystacks, and Garden Paths: The Commission for the Bibesco Princes, 1899-1900 and 1907-1908

8. Of Avenues, Streets, and Squares: The Commission for Henry Bernstein, 1908-1910

9. An American Princess and the "Féerie bourgeoise": The Commission for Mlle Chapin, 1910-1911

10. Painting as Decoration and Decoration as Painting: Vuillard's Theatrical Projects, 1912-1913.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Dornsife/VSA.

ISBN:

0300055552