Édouard Vuillard's Intimate Paintings at Skarstedt Through April 25

Skarstedt in New York presents 19 compact works by Édouard Vuillard, created between about 1890 and 1905, offering a contrast to the lighter themes of a concurrent Henri Matisse exhibition at Acquavella. Vuillard, a member of the Nabis group in Paris alongside Pierre Bonnard and Félix Vallotton, captures quiet, claustrophobic domestic scenes using interlocking patches of flat color and near-abstraction. Examples include a 1892 painting on cardboard of a cook in an olive-brown kitchen illuminated by candlelight and a circa 1900 shadowy depiction of a mother holding a baby, alive with nuanced color shifts. The show runs through April 25 at 547 West 25th Street, providing a glimpse into the artist's early career during his 20s and 30s. Andrew Russeth reviewed this exhibition in the New York Times, noting its thorny, fraught allure compared to Matisse's radiant sweetness.