The Tuileries Garden (Le jardin des Tuileries)

published 1896

Edouard Vuillard

Associated Names
Edouard Vuillard

Artist, French, 1868 - 1940

The image shows a pathway from a low perspective. The horizon is high, with trees and figures in the distance. Close to the viewer are birds on grass with loose brushstrokes. Further along, figures in 19th-century clothing walk on the path. The style has soft brush strokes and pastel colors like green, yellow, and beige, giving a serene atmosphere. The color palette emphasizes green, yellow, and neutral tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.8 x 57.3 cm (16 7/8 x 22 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9061

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roger-Marx 1948, no. 28, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    L'Album des peintres-graveurs

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • Renoir to Picasso 1914, Lowe Gallery of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1963, no. 81.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 100, repro.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 35, as Le Jardin des Tuileries (The Tuileries Garden), from Album des peintres-graveurs.

Bibliography

1948

  • Roger-Marx, Claude. L'Oeuvre grave de Vuillard. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1948.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 100.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 35.

Wikidata ID

Q65019608

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