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Édouard Vuillard: Turn of the Century Paris

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A painter of interiors and park landscapes, Vuillard created his first lithograph series in black-and-white. The artist’s involvement with the Parisian avant-garde theater scene in the 1890s began when he took on creating theater programmes leaflets. It was a period which gave birth to the premieres of many scandalous theater productions, which often offended audience members. The lithographs Vuillard made for such productions are extremely rare finds today. From the 15th of April to the 28th of June, 2015, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich presented an exhibition of Vuillard´s color lithographs, a mastery very few had achieved at his time. Images courtesy: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München at the Pinakothek der Moderne.

Édouard Vuillard, Programme leaflet of: »La vie muette« (»The silent life« by Maurice Beaubourg), 1894, Lithography, 324 × 245 mm © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, Les Tuileries (Die Tuilerien), 1895, Lithography, 336 × 485 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Trial proof for the titlepage of: »Paysages et Intérieurs«, ca. 1899, Lithography, 587 × 463 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, Les deux belles soeurs, from: Paysages et interiors,, ca. 1899, Lithography, 386 x 315 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, Trial proof: Les deux belles soeurs, ca. 1899, Lithography, 492 × 350 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, La Couturière (The tailor), 1893/94, Lithographie in two colours (Blue and Orange), 256 × 164 mm (sheet size, irregular) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, La Couturière (The tailor), 1895, Lithography in two colours (»bleu et ocre«), 322 × 245 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, Trial proof: Intérieur aux tentures roses III, ca. 1899, Lithography, coal, 431 × 337 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard's Lithographic press installed at the exhibition "Insights into the Lithography Studio". Photo: Andreas Strobl © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.

Édouard Vuillard, L’Avenue, ca. 1899, Lithography, 332 × 450 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, Trial proof: Maternité (Maternity), 1896, Lithography, 309 × 316 mm (sheet size, irregular) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Édouard Vuillard, La Patisserie (The confectionery), ca. 1899, Lithography in seven colours (»jaune, gris clair, ocre-rose, vert, gris foncé, rouge, bleu«), 398 × 312 mm (sheet size) © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München