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Edouard Vuillard
1868
Born November
11
in Cuiseaux in the Saône-et-Loire
1877
The family moves to Paris and Vuillard attends the Lycée Condorcet with
Denis and Roussel.
1886
Takes courses at the Académie Julian and begins painting still-lifes.
1888
–
89
With Denis, Roussel, Bonnard, forms the
Nabis
.
1891
Shares a studio with Bonnard and others and does set design. Has first solo
show at the offices of La Revue Blanche.
1892
Travels to Belgium, Holland and London with Roussel. Receives several
commissions for decorative work from the Desmarais and Natanson families.
1893
–
94
Grandmother Désirée Michaud dies.
1895
–
96
Meets Joseph and Lucy Hessel.
1897
Exhibits with other
Nabi
painters at Ambrose Vollard’s gallery.
1898
Collaborates with Bonnard, Roussel on decorations for the auditorium at the
Théâtre des Pantins.
1899
Travels to London with Bonnard.
1901
First exhibits at the Salon des Indépendents. Spends the summers in Normandy.
Exhibits in the next few years in Brussels and in Vienna.
1909
Spends the summer with the Hessels in St. Jacut, Brittany. With Bonnard
visits Monet in Giverny.
1910
–
14
Paints numerous commissioned portraits and decorations for the Hessels
and their friends.
1915
–
17
Visits Roussel in Switzerland.
1925
–
27
Spends time at the new country residence of the Hessels, the Château des Clayes.
In Paris, moves with his mother to Rue Vintimille.
1928
His mother dies.
1938
Major retrospective of his work at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs.
1940
Dies in La Baule