Verdun felix vallotton hdad

Vallotton visited the front lines and trenches of the eastern front during WWI; and produced a series of 14 canvases.

This one, christened “Verdun,” refers to the place that has come to symbolize World War I, where more than 600,000 soldiers from both sides perished in 1916. Deciding against painting the destructive “forces” themselves, Vallotton opted instead to depict their physical effects.

Felix vallotton prints

The painting, like all the works produced by the artists dispatched, was exhibited in 1917 at Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. More on this painting

Félix Édouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis.

He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, rea