Tip: move over the painting to use the lens.
Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods
Édouard Jean Vuillard · 1899
- Artist
- Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 249.2 × 378.5 cm (96 1/8 × 149 in.); Framed: 259.4 × 392.5 cm (102 1/8 × 154 1/2 in.)
- Made in
- France
- Style
- Post-Impressionism
- Where to see it
- Art Institute of Chicago
L.L. and A.S. Coburn Fund, Martha E. Leverone, Charles Norton Owen funds, and purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor · CC0 Public Domain · Art Institute of Chicago · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
Slow Look
- The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
- The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
- One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
What do you see?
Stand in front of it for a moment. Then tell us what you noticed or felt - there are no wrong answers.
Be the first to share a thought.
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