If you've been reading the blog for a while, you know that I am a lover of Edouard Vuillard and the Nabis. So you may not be surprised to learn that I had a gestalt "Vuillard moment" this week.
I was working on the needlework project pictured above, and as I bent over my yarn and needle, I felt just like a figure in a Vuillard painting. Vuillard's mother was a seamstress (a corset maker, to be exact), and images of women sewing appear often in his work. In fact, I have studied some of his paintings by doing transcriptions of them (one shown below).
And then another connection dawned: the needlepoint canvas I was working on was oddly reminiscent of the first Vuillard painting I ever saw, at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., "Woman in a Striped Dress". Do you see the connection?? I guess all roads lead to Vuillard.
And in current events, the Skarstedt Gallery in New York is mounting a Vuillard exhibit next month. The focus will be on his early interiors--some of my favorites. I hope to see the exhibit and garner new inspiration. Stay tuned!
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