Edouard Vuillard, The Artist’s Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898, oil on cardboard, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Title: The Artist’s Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Do you sometimes have a cluttered room? Or at least a corner that stubbornly resists cleaning, not fully clear of dust and dirt, no matter your efforts? That you might try to improve, following the example of French master Edouard Vuillard, renowned for his intimate interiors. For he distracts the viewer’s eye with the warm pinks of the roses that seem to glow, transforming their immediate surroundings. Including the drab, battered surface of the artist’s paint box on which Vuillard has placed a vase of impressionistic flowers, always guaranteed to uplift our lives.
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