Félix Vallotton was a Franco-Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator and writer (Lausanne 1865-Paris 1925).

Félix Vallotton, La Malade, 1892
Oil on canvas, 74 x 100 cm

Félix Vallotton (Lausanne, 28th December 1865 – 29th December 1925) was a French post-impressionist painter, associated with the Nabis movement. 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Lausanne ( 46° 31′ 10″ N 6° 37′ 56″ E) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ... (Redirected from 28th December) December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... (Redirected from 29th December) December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. ... Les Nabis, Art Movement In 1888-89, Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian in Paris, France. ...

Biography

At the age of seventeen, he left for Paris to learn painting at the well-known Académie Julian, where many famous post-impressionist and Les Nabis group artists went studying in the late XIXth Century. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France. ... Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. ... Les Nabis, Art Movement In 1888-89, Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian in Paris, France. ...

Within ten years the young Swiss succeeded in making a name in avant-garde Paris and internationally as well, due to his woodcuts and black-and-white illustrations whose modernism created a sensation. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, 1929-30: The modern style is noted for its rigorous geometrical forms, and became adopted internationally, though not without continuing controversy Modernism in the cultural historical sense is generally defined as the new artistic and literary styles that emerged in the decades before 1914 as...

From 1899 onwards he devoted himself essentially to painting which he regularly exhibited in Paris and in Switzerland as well as in the best known international exhibitions. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ...

A dedicated worker, he was instantly searching for new ways of expression. Thus, altough deeply affected by the events, did he find in World War I new sources of inspiration that led him to the margin of abstraction. Success returned with the restoration of peace. But the artist's premature death on the 29th December 1925 prevented him from further enjoying it. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... (Redirected from 29th December) December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Works

Vallotton dealt with all types of painting: still lifes, portraits, interiors, figures, nudes, landscapes and large mythological or allegorical scenes. Before the war he had already achieved recognition for his mastery of nudes and figures. Subsequently, his "composed landscapes", recreated from memory in his studio, met with a growing interest. Many were the sources which inspired his landscapes: Switzerland and in particular the area around Lac Leman where he returned regularly for holidays; the surroundings of Honfleur, his Summer residence from 1909 onwards, as well as many other regions of France ; also Italy which he regularly visited, and Russia where he stayed in 1913. A still life is a work of art which represents a subject composed of inanimate objects. ... Self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... Interiors is a 1978 film written and directed by Woody Allen. ... Figure can refer to any of the following: A persons figure. ... The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors The term Landscape as most westerners use it, is completely entrenched in western notions of land, nature and art. ... This article is about a system of myths. ... An allegory (from Greek αλλος, allos, other, and αγορευειν, agoreuein, to speak in public) is a figurative representation conveying a meaning other than and in addition to the literal. ... Honfleur is a harbour commune in the Norman (département of the Calvados) located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. ...

Félix Vallotton's work is widely diversified, since it comprises more than 200 engravings, innumerable drawings, some 1700 paintings, a few sculptures, as well as writings including three novels, several plays, essays and art criticism. Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... Drawing is one way of making an image: it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Ketuvim is the third and final section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A play (noun) is a common literary form, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ... Essay, a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... Art criticism is the study and evaluation of art. ...

External links

• biography and many pictures (http://www.lemondedesarts.com/Dossiervallotton.htm) (in French)