Square Vintimille 1937

Édouard Vuillard made Square Vintimille as an etching, and to me, it feels like a world seen through a curtain. Vuillard’s marks aren’t about clarity, but more about the feeling of a place, maybe a little foggy, or dreamlike. Check out the texture he builds with all those tiny lines. They aren’t just describing the scene, they’re creating an atmosphere. Look at how the railing in the foreground is all these loose, almost scribbled lines, and then further back the trees and buildings start to dissolve into a haze of marks. It's like he's not just showing us a park, but also the way memory works, blurring the edges, softening the details. There is something really gentle, very intimate, in his process. Vuillard was part of the group of artists known as the Nabis, who were into decorative patterns, but also into this kind of quiet, everyday beauty. Think of Bonnard, for a similar mood, always looking for the magic in the mundane. For me, this print is a reminder that art doesn’t always have to shout, sometimes it can whisper.