Vallotton’s woodcuts were especially acclaimed, and a series of intense vignettes catalogued scenes of domestic intrigue and hypocrisy. Later work included illustrations for the literary and artistic magazine La revue blanche, and his emergence as a prominent graphic artist. The early still life above is brilliant in its technical virtuosity, with the hyper realistic reflective surfaces of the jug and the rumpled fabric. A contemporary of French artists Bonnard and Vuillard, he remained outside the mainstream. He painted vivid and intense still lifes and landscapes, but was also well known for his piercing, satirical eye, his involvement with the resurgence of printmaking and his illustrations for satirical and left-wing journals. The RA’s exhibition guide says that Vallotton was described as the “very singular Vallotton”, and his versatility is astounding. I’d seen reproductions of Swiss artist Félix Vallotton’s work posted up all over the London transport network to advertise the recent exhibition of his work, and was determined to make it to the Royal Academy before the show ended on 29 September 2019.īorn in Lausanne, Switzerland, Vallotton left home for the French capital, Paris, at the age of 16.
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