"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Félix Vallotton: painter of disquiet,' Royal Academy of Arts, London, 30 June - 29 September 2019, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 29 October 2019 - 26 January 2020"--Title page verso

This is the first comprehensive survey of Vallotton's career to be held in the UK. Through more than 80 paintings and prints, we explore an extraordinary body of work: from compelling portraits, magnetic still-lifes, luminescent landscapes and bitingly satirical prints, to interior scenes which reverberate with psychological tension. Often anticipating the emotionally charged paintings of Edward Hopper and the films of Alfred Hitchcock, these works demonstrate a legacy of vision that carried into the 20th century. Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (30.06.-29.09.2019) / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (29.10.2019 - 26.01.2020)

"The Swiss artist Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was born in Lausanne, but spent much of his working life in France. Closely associated with Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, and a fellow member of the avant-garde group Les Nabis, Vallotton has nonetheless sometimes been overshadowed by his more famous contemporaries. Although he produced some of his most important work in Paris in the 1890s in painting and print, his original and innovative approach persisted throughout his career. Texts by leading authorities on the artist look at his life, work and reception. Generously illustrated throughout with the finest exemplars of the artist's paintings and prints, this book accompanies a new presentation of Vallotton's oeuvre that aims to re-evaluate his output and legacy, and includes works never seen in public before."--from publisher

Introduction: 'The very singular Vallotton' / Dita Amory and Ann Dumas -- Vallotton and fin-de-siècle France / Patrick McGuinness -- 'Le nabi étranger' / Belinda Thomson -- Vallotton's visual storytelling in the time of early modernism / Philippe Büttner -- 'This Baudelaire of wood-engraving': Vallotton and the English-speaking press at the turn of the century / Katia Poletti -- Printmaking as artistic accomplishment / Christian Rümelin --

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