Two people, perhaps a woman and man, and a baby sit at a table in a courtyard surrounded by vine-covered walls in this square painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs, dashes, or smudges. The table is to the left of center. The man sits on the far side, to our left, and the woman, who appears to have her brown hair pulled up, sits facing away from us wearing a smoke-gray garment. A child wearing pink and pale blue sits to our right of the woman and seems to raise both arms. The ground is dotted with cream white and fog gray against the brown board on which this was painted. Steps lead up to a building at the back of the courtyard to the left, and the vine-covered wall stretches across the right two-thirds of the background. The artist signed the lower left corner, “E Vuilllard.”

Repast in a Garden

Edouard Vuillard

Two people, perhaps a woman and man, and a baby sit at a table in a courtyard surrounded by vine-covered walls in this square painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs, dashes, or smudges. The table is to the left of center. The man sits on the far side, to our left, and the woman, who appears to have her brown hair pulled up, sits facing away from us wearing a smoke-gray garment. A child wearing pink and pale blue sits to our right of the woman and seems to raise both arms. The ground is dotted with cream white and fog gray against the brown board on which this was painted. Steps lead up to a building at the back of the courtyard to the left, and the vine-covered wall stretches across the right two-thirds of the background. The artist signed the lower left corner, “E Vuilllard.”

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Details
Artist
Edouard Vuillard
Date
1898
Medium
oil on cardboard
Dimensions
overall: 54.3 x 53.1 cm (21 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.) framed: 80 x 78.7 x 8.8 cm (31 1/2 x 31 x 3 7/16 in.)
Department
CF
Holding institution
National Gallery of Art
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Image provider
national-gallery-of-art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Chester Dale Collection

Art Genome Taxonomy

11 tags

Subject Matter

  • Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 99%

    The catalog describes two people and a baby seated at a table in a courtyard; the image shows a small group gathered around a table in an outdoor setting.

  • Childhood Both · 99%

    A baby or small child is identified in the catalog and is visibly present beside the seated adults at the lower center-right.

  • Figures in Nature Both · 95%

    The catalog places the figures in a courtyard surrounded by vine-covered walls, and the image shows people situated within dense foliage and garden architecture.

Visual Qualities

  • Dark Colors Visual · 97%

    Deep greens, browns, muted reds, and gray-blue tones dominate the composition, with limited pale highlights.

  • Earth Tones Visual · 98%

    The palette is dominated by brown, ocher, muted green, gray, and subdued red, producing an overall earth-toned effect.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 95%

    Foliage and architectural surfaces fill most of the picture plane, and the figures and table are partially absorbed into the surrounding marks.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 100%

    The National Gallery of Art classifies the work as a painting.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as oil on cardboard.

  • Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Both · 98%

    The catalog describes visible dabs, dashes, and smudges, which are also clearly apparent in the foliage, clothing, architecture, and ground.

Time Periods

  • Late 19th Century Art Metadata · 100%

    The work is dated 1898, placing it in the late nineteenth century.

Materials

  • Cardboard Metadata · 100%

    The catalog identifies cardboard as the support for the oil painting.

Source & rights

Edouard Vuillard. Repast in a Garden. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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