Vrouw bereidt maaltijd in keuken 1935

Édouard Vuillard made "Woman Preparing a Meal in the Kitchen" using lithography, and what strikes me is how he’s embracing the mess of daily life through this wispy, almost ghostly application of ink. You can see he's working with a limited palette, mostly blacks and greys, but that only highlights the process and the mark-making itself. Look at the woman, she's there and not there at the same time, built up from layered marks that suggest form without ever quite solidifying it. The texture feels almost like a memory of a kitchen, a space full of movement, smells, and fleeting moments. It's as if Vuillard isn't just showing us a woman cooking, but also the very act of remembering such a scene. This reminds me of Bonnard, another artist who reveled in the intimate details of domestic life, and how both embraced a kind of visual shorthand, allowing the viewer to fill in the blanks. Art isn't about answers but about opening doors to different ways of seeing.