The Mumps
Currently on view
Edouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940), c. 1892-1893
oil on cardboard, 24 cm x 20 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
Currently on view
Edouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940), c. 1892-1893
oil on cardboard, 24 cm x 20 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
This picture is so dominated by decorative patterns and colour planes that the subject may not be immediately obvious. The picture shows a woman, seen from behind, with a scarf tied around her head. She was probably Vuillard’s sister Marie. She had the mumps and was hiding her swollen cheek.
As the son of a seamstress, Vuillard grew up surrounded by colourful lengths of cloth. This is reflected in his paintings, where his mother’s apartment often provides the setting, as it does here.
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Ongekend. Verhalen rond 10 jaar aanwinsten, 5 February-12 September 2021
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, From Proofs to Perfection: Edouard Vuillard's Paysages et interieurs, 4 October 2019-8 January 2020
Tokyo, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street, 18 October 2017-8 January 2018
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Édouard Vuillard, 31 January-18 April 2004, no. 83
Montréal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Édouard Vuillard, 15 May-24 August 2003, no. 83
Washington, National Gallery of Art, Édouard Vuillard, 19 January-20 April 2003, no. 83
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Edouard Vuillard K.-X.Roussel, 28 May-16 September 1968, no. 42
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Edouard Vuillard K.-X.Roussel, 16 March-12 May 1968, no. 42
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Vuillard: Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 17 September-25 October 1964, no. 20
Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Vuillard: Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 1 August-6 September 1964, no. 20
Hamburg, Kunstverein (Hamburg), Vuillard: Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 6 June-26 July 1964, no. 20
Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Nancy), Hommage à Roger Marx 1859-1913, November-December 1963, no. 137
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, E. Vuillard 1868-1940, 26 May-26 September 1961, no. 14
Milan, Palazzo Reale (Milaan), Edouard Vuillard, October-November 1959, no. 28
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Vuillard, 8 October-5 December 1948, no. 35
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussel), Vuillard (1868-1940), October 1946, no. 8
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Edouard Vuillard, Alexander Müllegg, 22 June-28 July 1946, no. 17
Roger-Marx, C., Vuillard (1868-1940), 1946, no. 8
Adhémar, H., Georgel, Pierre, Roger-Marx, C., Salomon, J., Edouard Vuillard, K.-X. Roussel, 1968, p. 76, 161
Cogeval, Guy, Jones, Kimberly A., Édouard Vuillard, 2003, p. 131, 138, 140
Salomon, A., Cogeval, Guy, Chivot, Mathias, Vuillard : the inexhaustible glance : critical catalogue of paintings and pastels, 2003, p. 258, 1671-1673, 1679, 1680-1682, 1684-1685
Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Prints in Paris 1900 : van elitair tot populair, 2017, p. 27-28
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Meesterwerken in het Van Gogh Museum, 2019, p. 161
Darley, Esther, Suijver, Renske, Masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum, 2019, p. 161
Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Prints in Paris 1900 : from elite to the street, 2017