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Woman Sweeping at 346 rue Saint-Honoré

1895
(French, 1868–1940)
France
oil on board
Unframed: 35.6 x 52.7 x 2.5 cm (14 x 20 3/4 x 1 in.)
Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 13.2020
Location: not on view
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Vuillard was strongly influenced by Japanese prints shown at the Siegfried Bing's gallery in Paris.

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Edward Vuillard’s Woman Sweeping at 346 Rue Saint-Honoré offers an intimate view of domestic life in a highly personal, modernist style. A leading member of the Nabis, Vuillard is perhaps best known for his depictions of interiors, including his home on the Rue Saint-Honoré, where he lived with his mother and sister, and closely observed their work as makers of dresses and corsets. This view of a woman sweeping combines radically simplified forms, flattened spaces, and rich patterns of decorative shapes and colors to evoke a mood or feeling of quiet contemplation and domesticity. Vuillard’s emphasis on decorative form and color greatly influenced Henri Matisse and the French Fauves.
Woman Sweeping at 346 rue Saint-Honoré

Woman Sweeping at 346 rue Saint-Honoré

1895

Edouard Vuillard

(French, 1868–1940)
France

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