1895
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Bistro is a 1895 unspecified by Félix Vallotton, a Impressionism work, depicting Drinking, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a packed Paris bistro at night—men in dark coats crowd the bar, faces flushed from cold and drink. Vallotton flattens the scene like a woodcut, with sharp black outlines and blocks of color. The effect is almost like a silent film: no brushstrokes, just shapes and light. If you like this quiet crowd, look up the subject france, mod euro.
The hustle and bustle of eager customers in a crowded bistro is captured in this painting. One can almost hear the loud chatter and shouts of orders being called to the busy servers behind the countertop. All in jackets, the men by the bar have rosy cheeks and noses, perhaps from the cold outdoors contrasting the warmth of their drinks.
Vallotton is sometimes referred to as a "forgotten" master painter, as his work as a printmaker, designer, art critic, novelist, and playwright detracted from his primary passion of painting.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Félix Édouard Vallotton (French: ; December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis.
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