Aux Pavillons À Cricqueboeuf. Devant La Maison 1911

Édouard Vuillard made this painting, Aux Pavillons À Cricqueboeuf. Devant La Maison, with oil on canvas, and you can see how he built it up, layer by layer. It’s like he’s figuring out the scene as he goes, letting the process guide him. What grabs me is the texture. It’s not about smooth, blended surfaces; it’s about dabs and dashes of color that create a kind of visual buzz. The way he handles the light, it's not exactly naturalistic, but it's emotionally true. See that figure in the foreground, the way the dress sort of melts into the ground? It’s like he’s dissolving the boundaries between things, reminding us everything is connected. Vuillard’s work always makes me think of Bonnard. Both were masters of capturing everyday life with a kind of intimate, dreamlike quality. For Vuillard, painting isn't about perfectly rendering the world, it's more about capturing a feeling, a mood, a moment.