Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")

1894
(French, 1868–1940)
Framed: 229.9 x 113 x 11.4 cm (90 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 214.2 x 96.3 cm (84 5/16 x 37 15/16 in.)
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Vuillard's social circle included actors and directors. He often contributed to their theatrical pursuits by designing costumes, programs, and set pieces. In this panel from a nine-part series, a patterned landscape recalls scenery for the stage. Imagine seeing the panels reunited in their original location: the luxurious dining room of a Parisian mansion.

Description

This painting is from a nine-panel decorative suite showing children playing in two of Paris’s most spacious parks: the Tuileries Gardens and the Bois de Boulogne. It depicts a game of hide-and-seek in which a girl conceals herself behind a tree. The stillness of the women resting on green chairs at the right is countered by children running at the left. Rather than a naturalist rendering of the subject, Vuillard combined rich colors with large, reductive forms arranged in decorative patterns that flow across the picture surface.
Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")

Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")

1894

Edouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
France, 19th century

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