However, he has chiefly won international renown with his remarkable black-and-white woodcuts, which are unparalleled in style, technique and mood. Vallotton attended the academy of art in Lausanne and moved to Paris in 1882 in order to continue his studies as a portrait painter. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. This circle of young, avant-garde artists embarked on a new path whose highly-decorative style of art was influenced by Gauguin and Japanese prints. During the 1890s he belonged to the group of artists known as Les Nabis (the prophets).
It’s as though she could be dusted off, folded up, and put away just like the tablecloth.Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925) was a Swiss painter and printmaker.
The woman not only melts into her lover, but the furniture. Vallotton brings the woman to the forefront with her red dress but the table and the chair in the background are red, too. There is also that very impactful shade of red. Is he the father? I love the way these figures are wrapped up around each other how their bodies were human, but also liquid. Vallotton created also this woodcut showing the same scene. What is the lie about? Is one of them cheating? Felix Vallotton, The Lie, 1898, MoMA. But perhaps he is the one deceiving her as he glances away – maybe she is whispering words of trust and love, and he is thinking of his own deceit. It’s easy to assume the woman is lying – the man appears to be listening while she whispers something in his ear. Felix Vallotton, The Lie, 1898, Baltimore Museum of Art I love imagining what Vallotton’s intent was with the figures in this image, especially given the title of Le Mensonge (The Lie). A man and woman, intimately entwined on a sofa.
Today’s painting, created by Felix Vallotton (one of my favorite artists), was painted in 1897 – but it could just as easily be a scene staged today.
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