1910, Édouard Vuillard, The Pitch Pine Room -- Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
From the museum label: This modern pine-paneled room belonged to a country house in Normandy rented by Lucie and Jos Hessel in the summer of 1910. Madame Hessel was Vuillard's most frequent model at the time; Monsieur Hessel was the artist's primary dealer. Vuillard was on terms of intimate friendship with his patrons in the Parisian Jewish haute bourgeoisie, often painting them in relaxed domestic surroundings. Unmarried and childless, he was especially fascinated by the intergenerational relationships in and between such families. The little girl pictured here in red is Denise Natanson, the youngest member of the Natanson clan, Vuillard's first patrons and close friends. Her companion is Marcelle Aron, a cousin of the Hessels.
1910, Édouard Vuillard, The Pitch Pine Room -- Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
From the museum label: This modern pine-paneled room belonged to a country house in Normandy rented by Lucie and Jos Hessel in the summer of 1910. Madame Hessel was Vuillard's most frequent model at the time; Monsieur Hessel was the artist's primary dealer. Vuillard was on terms of intimate friendship with his patrons in the Parisian Jewish haute bourgeoisie, often painting them in relaxed domestic surroundings. Unmarried and childless, he was especially fascinated by the intergenerational relationships in and between such families. The little girl pictured here in red is Denise Natanson, the youngest member of the Natanson clan, Vuillard's first patrons and close friends. Her companion is Marcelle Aron, a cousin of the Hessels.