Félix Vallotton

Franco-Swiss painter of portraits, nudes, interiors and landscapes, wood-engraver, lithographer, sculptor and writer. Born in Lausanne. Went to Paris in 1882 and studied at the Académie Julian under J. Lefebvre. Repaired and copied Old Master paintings; admired Holbein, Poussin and Ingres. Concentrated mainly on wood-engraving 1891-7, primarily portraits and scenes from ev...