Woman Ironing
1892
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1892
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A woman bends over an ironing board, her face half-lit by a thin ray of sunlight. The cup in her hand looks almost weightless. Vuillard painted this in his mother’s cramped Paris apartment, where he watched her and his sister sew corsets all day. The scene feels quiet, like a private moment you weren’t meant to see. If you like this, look up *impasto*—the thick, textured brushwork that makes the fabric and light feel almost real.
