Artist: Vallotton, Felix
Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865 – 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style.
He developed a simpler style during his association with Les Nabis during the 1890s, and produced woodcuts which brought him international recognition. He was also active as a writer. He published art criticism during the 1890s, and his novel La Vie meurtrière (The Murderous Life) was published posthumously.
Vallotton was born into a conservative middle-class family in Lausanne, the third of four children. His father owned a pharmacy, and later purchased a chocolate factory. His mother, Emma, was the daughter of a furniture craftsman. His family environment was warm but strict, in the Swiss Protestant tradition.
Click here to read Vallotton’s full bio on Wikipedia.
Valloton had a studio in Honfleur, so he painted quite a lot in Normandy. Here are the places he painted in France (links “⇠” to his works will follow below when published):
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (Burgundy)
- Avallon
- Brittany
- Dinan
- Locquirec
- Ploumanach
- Tregastel
- Normandy
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Beynac-et-Cazenac
- Vitrac
- Pays de la Loire
- Oudon
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
- Cagnes
- Marseille
Related Posts
- 95
Luigi Loir, a French painter and lithographer, born in Austria. He amongst other illustrated one of Jules Verne's book. - 95
Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism. - 95
One of the very few female artists we've been able to find that painted in Normandy. Anne Rushout is British and was a Lady. Not much else is known about her. - 95
Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 – 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter. - 95
Maxime Maufra was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer. He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy.
