At the Café
Édouard Vuillard · c. 1897–99 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This scene of two women in a Parisian café has a hushed atmosphere that is heightened by the warm palette and glow of gaslight. Édouard Vuillard and Félix Vallotton were close friends and painted together in the 1890s, but Vuillard’s quiet café and Vallotton’s riotous Bistro (2020.114) could not be more different in mood. Vuillard once said, “I don’t do portraits. I paint people in their surroundings.”
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Details
- Maker
- Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)
- Date
- c. 1897–99
- Medium
- oil on board, laid on cradled panel
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 28.8 x 27.5 cm (11 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
