Félix Édouard Vallotton

Félix Vallotton (Known as "The Very Singular Vallotton")

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Born Dec 28, 1865

Lausanne, Switzerland

Passed Away Dec 29, 1925 Neuilly-sur-Seine, French Third Republic

Lifespan 60 years old

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"Life is an irony; the woodblock exposes its raw black and white."

Archival Overview

Swiss-French painter, woodcut genius, and member of Les Nabis whose biting black-and-white print series 'Intimités' and cool, unsparing paintings captured modern bourgeois deceit.

Biographical Record

Félix Vallotton (1865–1925 CE) moved from Lausanne to Paris at sixteen, revolutionizing the art of the woodcut with bold flat areas of jet black and stark white.

Joining the Nabis group, his razor-sharp paintings and woodcuts dissected marital deceptions, street protests, and the horrors of World War I (Verdun) with icy, detached psychological brilliance.

Key Life Milestones

1898

Intimités Woodcut Series Published

Published his 10-woodcut master series dissecting the hypocrisies, betrayals, and quiet tensions of bourgeois marriage.

1917

Verdun (Tableau de guerre)

Painted the nightmare of the Battle of Verdun as diagonal geometric beams of toxic smoke and exploding shells.

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Final Resting Place

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Montparnasse Cemetery
Paris, France

                         GPS: 48.8406, 2.3278                    

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