Felix Vallotton

Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century. Although he is best known for his striking and elegantly composed, Japanese-inspired woodblock prints, Vallotton was also a skilled painter, creating works that arrestingly combined technical perfection with emotional realism. This seminal text provides readers with a fascinating assessment of the career of this revolutionary artist.

Nathalia Brodska?a is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. She has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck, and Van Dongen, as well as many books on the Fauves and Na?ve Art. She is currently working on a study of French painters at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.