Sacha Guitry in His Dressing Room 1912

Édouard Vuillard captured Sacha Guitry in his dressing room with oil on canvas, and it’s a painting that feels like a backstage pass to a private moment. Vuillard’s mark-making is all about soft edges and blurred forms, building up the image through layers of color and texture, which echoes the feeling of artmaking as a process, a kind of organic unfolding. The colors are muted but rich – a harmony of blues, yellows, and pinks that create a sense of intimacy. It’s like the whole scene is filtered through a soft lens. Look at the way Vuillard handles the fabric of the dressing gown, it almost dissolves into the background, blending the figure with the room. There's a real sensitivity in how the paint is applied, not trying to capture every detail but suggesting a mood. The way Vuillard handles color and texture here is quite similar to Bonnard. But where Bonnard is all about light, Vuillard is more interested in atmosphere. Both painters remind us that art is less about what you see and more about how you feel.