Place Vintimille detail by Edouard Vuillard
Edouard Vuillard, Place Vintimille (detail), 1911, five-panel screen, distemper on paper laid down on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Enid A. Haupt 1998.47.1

 

 

 

The horses and carts are suggested by rapid black strokes, as are the passersby. There are virtually no details of dress or of facial expression; instead Vuillard brushed on quick strokes to render the figures.

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