Collection Félix Vallotton
Swiss naturalized French Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was a member of the Nabis in 1893, whose creative effervescence and penchant for experimentation and desire to abolish the limits between the various artistic forms he shared. 1700 paintings, more than 200 engravings, drawings, novels, plays, books, art criticism, Vallotton stands out from his peers with his photographic eye and his compositions with sharp chiaroscuros, contrasting pure whites and velvety blacks as in his Clouds or his series of prints.
Drawing his inspiration from the Japanese prints that he collected, symbolism or even from masters like Ingres, Da Vinci and Dürer, he distinguished himself particularly in engraving, although he was successful as a painter at the Salon French artists in 1885 and is distinguished by his qualities as a portrait painter.
It is his collaborations with the press which will allow him to express himself more freely thanks to the combination of text and image. He will collaborate in particular with Thadée Natanson's Revue Blanche but also with numerous other more or less satirical magazines such as l'Assiette au Beurre, Le Rire or Le Mercure de France.
In the prolific work of the Nabis, Félix Vallotton, through his disturbing strangeness and his strong aesthetic biases, gives rise to the genius of his work from the soil of his restlessness.
