Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940) The Dressing Room, Madame Hessel Reading at Amfreville 1906 Oil and tempera on cardboard 49.5 × 63.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago #Vuillard Vuillard paints Madame Hessel absorbed in her reading, enveloped by patterned walls, soft light, and the intimate disorder of a private room, blending domestic quietude with his signature decorative surfaces. Did you know? Madame Hessel and her husband were Vuillard’s closest patrons and lifelong friends, appearing in doze

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