Born in 1868 in Saône-et-Loire to a family that intended him for a military career, Edouard Vuillard frequently visited the Louvre and eventually chose to pursue an artistic path. He entered the Académie Julian and then the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1887, studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Inspired by Maurice Denis, he joined the Nabis circle a few years later and, eager to break away from academic conventions, borrowed Gauguin's broad color planes to give his previously realistic art a more subjective treatment. Vuillard’s work thus absorbed the avant-garde principles of the time, which he combined and made his own. While he painted many canvases, he also created pastel studies, large decorative panels, and even photography. From the 1900s onward, he increasingly turned to portrait painting, with commissions from the Parisian bourgeoisie. The artist was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1938, before falling ill and passing away a few years later in La Baule. Having left a significant mark on art history, Vuillard enjoys a high level of recognition today, with his works highly sought after at auctions.

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