WASHINGTON, D.C.- The most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to the work of Édouard Vuillard, the quintessential Parisian artist whose work spans the fin-de-siècle through the 1930s, will have its world premiere in Washington at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, January 19, 2003 through April 20, 2003. It includes works that have never been on public display and many that have not been seen for decades. Édouard Vuillard will travel to Montreal, Paris, and London. The last Vuillard exhibition on this scale was a 1938 retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where it will be on view May 15 - August 24, 2003; the Réunion des musées nationaux/Musée d’Orsay, Paris, where it will be presented at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais September 23, 2003 -January 4, 2004; and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, where it will be seen January 31 - April 18, 2004.
Approximately 230 works will demonstrate the full range of Vuillard’s (1868-1940) prolific career and his embrace of unconventional media. In addition to his luminous paintings, the exhibition includes innovative folding screens, theatre programs, prints, drawings, photographs, and ceramics. A highlight of the exhibition is the reunion of The Public Gardens (1894), a series of decorative panels not seen together publicly since 1906 and dispersed at auction in 1929.
"This once-in-a lifetime exhibition demonstrating the breadth of Vuillard’s talents is the result of an unusual and sustained collaboration between four institutions, the generosity of Airbus, the indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and many wonderful lenders from around the world," said Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art.
"The people of Airbus are honored to present another remarkable exhibition at the Gallery, and there is much for us all to admire in these works of Édouard Vuillard," said Noël Forgeard, Airbus president and chief executive officer. "Fittingly, the timing of this exhibition will coincide with the centennial year of the birth of our industry. At the same time Vuillard was helping usher in the artistic revolution of the 1900s, the Wright brothers launched a century of progress in aviation. As a leader today in commercial aircraft manufacture, Airbus is committed to supporting the arts and to promoting the same spirit of innovation and creativity embodied a century ago by Vuillard and the Wrights."
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to the work of Édouard Vuillard, the quintessential Parisian artist whose work spans the fin-de-siècle through the 1930s, will have its world premiere in Washington at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, January 19, 2003 through April 20, 2003. It includes works that have never been on public display and many that have not been seen for decades. Édouard Vuillard will travel to Montreal, Paris, and London. The last Vuillard exhibition on this scale was a 1938 retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where it will be on view May 15 - August 24, 2003; the Réunion des musées nationaux/Musée d’Orsay, Paris, where it will be presented at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais September 23, 2003 -January 4, 2004; and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, where it will be seen January 31 - April 18, 2004.
Approximately 230 works will demonstrate the full range of Vuillard’s (1868-1940) prolific career and his embrace of unconventional media. In addition to his luminous paintings, the exhibition includes innovative folding screens, theatre programs, prints, drawings, photographs, and ceramics. A highlight of the exhibition is the reunion of The Public Gardens (1894), a series of decorative panels not seen together publicly since 1906 and dispersed at auction in 1929.
"This once-in-a lifetime exhibition demonstrating the breadth of Vuillard’s talents is the result of an unusual and sustained collaboration between four institutions, the generosity of Airbus, the indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and many wonderful lenders from around the world," said Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art.
"The people of Airbus are honored to present another remarkable exhibition at the Gallery, and there is much for us all to admire in these works of Édouard Vuillard," said Noël Forgeard, Airbus president and chief executive officer. "Fittingly, the timing of this exhibition will coincide with the centennial year of the birth of our industry. At the same time Vuillard was helping usher in the artistic revolution of the 1900s, the Wright brothers launched a century of progress in aviation. As a leader today in commercial aircraft manufacture, Airbus is committed to supporting the arts and to promoting the same spirit of innovation and creativity embodied a century ago by Vuillard and the Wrights."
