The Swiss Félix Vallotton began studying at a private art academy in Paris at the age of seventeen. As early as 1885 he was represented with three works in the established Paris Salon.
At first he was occupied with prints and woodcuts. His artistic existence was marked by financial hardship until he married the wealthy widow Gabrielle Rodrigues-Henriques, daughter of the Parisian art dealer Bernheim.
On journeys in the following years he studied the works of famous artists in Holland, Italy and Belgium.
Two years before his first solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich in 1909, Vallotton painted the portrait entitled "Le chapeau violet".
In strong violet shades, the feathered hat dominates the pinned-up blonde hair of a woman who seems to be visibly uncomfortable. Her gaze goes nowhere, is turned inwards, almost dismissively cool. With both hands she holds her light shirt tightly over her left breast. Here the painter clearly presents his impression of the female sex, which he laments as "difficult". Thus the model also seems to elude the artist's wishes, seems emphatically aloof.
Perhaps for this reason Vallotton concentrated on the reproduction of the material. The beautifully designed hat in its strong colours may compensate the viewer for the sitter's undercooled presence.
The late paintings reveal a stylistic change, probably due to illness and the near end of life. They are paintings that resemble de Chirico's later surrealist works and already herald magical realism.
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_1913_-_(MeisterDrucke-804831).jpg "The White and the Black by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Nude Stretched out on a Piece of Cloth by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Two Pots of Red and Yellow Tulips by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Reclining Nude on a Red Carpet by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Moonlight, 1894 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Sunset at Grace, Orange and Violet Sky, 1918 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Turkish Bath by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1021301).jpg "Mimosas in bloom in Cagnes in 1921 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Violet Hat by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_Swiss_painter_-_(MeisterDrucke-684612).jpg "Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865 – 1925) Swiss Painter by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Bay at Tregastel by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Visit by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Basket with Mandarins and Bananas. 1923 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_1913_-_(MeisterDrucke-805276).jpg "The Neva, Light Mist (La Néva, brume légère). 1913 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Rising Tide, Houlgate by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_French_poet_sitting_at_the_bar_in_front_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030153).jpg "Portrait of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), French poet, sitting at the bar in front of a glass of absinthe. Painting attributed to Felix Vallotton (1865-1925) by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Dame-jeanne and caisse, 1925 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Bath: Summer Evening by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Lady in a Hat by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Verdun, War Painting Interpreted, Colored Projections of Black, Blue, and Red, Devastated Lands, Clouds of Gas by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Piano, from the series")
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.jpg "Yellow and green sunset by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-378102).jpg "Fireworks, The Worlds Fair VI, 1901 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Undergrowth in Spring, 1923 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Ham by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Interior with Woman in Red from Behind by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_Um_1895_-_(MeisterDrucke-805183).jpg "At the Market (Au marché). c. 1895 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Four Torsos by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Lac Leman and Les Dents-du-Midi by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Red Balloon by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Dinner by Lamplight, 1899 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-833962).jpg "The Compelling Reason (Plate 14 from the series")
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.jpg "The Red Room by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "A Bouquet of Flowers and a Lemon, 1924 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Paris Opera programme, including works by August Strindberg by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Games in the Sun, VII from Les Petites Baigneuses, 1893 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Nude Woman Lying on a White Sheet, Yellow Cushion by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Les cinq peintres Five painters: Félix Vallotton, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Woman Doing Her Hair by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Carrot Hair: la crumb de pain, Jules Renard, illustration by Felix Vallotton, ed. Flammarion by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Boat on Lake Geneva by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "The Church of Souain by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Landscape in Normandy, Arques-la-Bataille, 1903 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Separation of Church and State: Republican and Supporter of the Church Fighting by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Crimes and Punishments XII: You Give Me Your Money by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Low Tide at Villerville by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Money, plate five from Intimacies by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Femme nue agenouillee devant un canape rouge (Naked Woman Kneeling in Front of a Red Couch) by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Swans, 1892 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Vallotton by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "In the street - Cover of the newspaper “Le Rire”, of January 6, 1898 drawing by Felix Vallotton by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Standing Nude Holding a Gown on Her Knee by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Reclining Nude by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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.jpg "Morning Mist at Andelys, 1917 by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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_1923_Rouen_Musee_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030159).jpg "Sunbathing on the beach. Painting by Felix Vallotton (1865-1925) by Felix Edouard Vallotton")
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