Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is no art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain arrangement of colours, of lights, of shadows. It is this that one calls the music of painting.

The long and illustrious career of Edouard Vuillard spans thefin-cle-siecle and the first four decades of the twentieth century, during which time the French painter, printmaker, and photographer created an extraordinary body of work. This is the first volume to explore Vuillard's rich and varied career in its totality, presenting nearly 35o works that demonstrate the full range of his subject matter and reveal both the public and private sides of this quintessentially Parisian artist.

Directors' Foreword

Acknowledgments

Note to the Reader

Lenders to the Exhibition

INTRODUCTION

CATALOGUE

ESSAYS

Chronology

Exhibitions and Sources Cited

Index

Index of Works by Vuillard

Illustrated in the Catalogue

Credits