Édouard Vuillard · Accrochage

Prelude to the Intimate Theatres exhibition, the Musée d’Orsay devotes an installation to the way Édouard Vuillard thinks about décor. It brings together works recently acquired for the collection, including two panels from The Public Gardens and pieces from a table service crafted for writer Jean Schopfer.

Vuillard conceived The Public Gardens in 1894 on a room scale. To the panels that occupy the walls, he adds overdoors, placed where the gaze rises as one moves from one space to the next. Orsay already held five panels from this ensemble. The two overdoors presented here help to better understand how the painter worked with the architecture of the room.

With the table service, the décor is revealed at the distance of an object one handles. Paintings and pastels complement the presentation. From tableware to wall panels, the installation shows how Vuillard adapts his compositions to the places where they will be seen and to the gestures of those who will live with them.

Practical information
- Late opening on Thursdays until 9:45 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays and on December 25.