Madame Vuillard Arranging Her Hair

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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We witness a private domestic scene: the artist’s mother is posed in front of a mirror in the Parisian apartment where they lived. Vuillard took numerous family photographs and the snapshot effect here reflects this; indeed, he may have used a photograph to paint the figure in addition to a pencil sketch. The artist’s mother ran a dressmaking business from their home and Vuillard’s style was influenced by the textiles that surrounded him. Here he combines the patterns of his mother’s dress, the carpet, bed cover and wallpaper to create a richly varied decorative surface.
Title

Madame Vuillard Arranging Her Hair

Date

1900

Medium

oil on millboard

Measurements

H 49.5 x W 35.5 cm

Accession number

63.3

Acquisition method

purchased, 1963

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed: E Vuillard

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