Luncheon

Edouard Vuillard

1901 · Oil on cardboard · Modern and Contemporary Art

Vuillard shared various apartments in Paris with his mother. After Madame Vuillard retired from her corset-making business in 1898, the artist ceased to depict her at work but showed her at leisure, reading the paper, playing with her grandchildren, receiving guests, or, as here, at a meal. Madame Vuillard remained her son's principal muse until her death in 1928.

Artist

Edouard Vuillard

Date

1901

Medium

Oil on cardboard

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978