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Square Vintimille, by Édouard Vuillard, 1937

Square Vintimille

Édouard Vuillard

1937

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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Overview

Square Vintimille is a 1937 by Édouard Vuillard, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?
Édouard Vuillard
When & what style?
1937
Where can I see it?
Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This sketch shows a rough, ink-on-paper scene of a city square. Buildings line the edges, their lines messy and uneven. In the center sits a large, dark tree with a few people gathered under it. The ground is filled with quick, scribbly strokes—like someone drew fast, without smoothing out the lines. The artist didn’t clean up the strokes, leaving some areas smudged or erased. The whole thing feels like a quick note of a place, not a polished drawing. If you like this loose, sketchy style, look up Édouard Vuillard.

About the artist

Portrait of Édouard Vuillard
Artist

Édouard Vuillard

Jean-Édouard Vuillard (French: ; 11 November 1868 – 21 June 1940) was a French painter, decorative artist, and printmaker.

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