The Lookout (La Guetteur) (1916)
Félix Vallotton1916 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1925)
Specifications
- Year
- 1916
- Nationality / school
- French
- Lifespan
- 1865–1925
About the artwork
"The Lookout (La Guetteur)" (1916) is a work by Félix Vallotton. It is listed in the Illustration collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Illustration in brief: Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. Context for 1916: Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other.
"The Lookout (La Guetteur)" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
French, 1865–1925
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