Models Resting

Félix Vallotton (Swiss-born French, 1865-1925) - Models Resting, 1905 (Oil on canvas. Kunstmuseum Winterthur) - - In 1899 Vallotton married Gabrielle Rodrigues-Henriques, a wealthy young widow with three children, and in 1900 he attained French citizenship. Around 1899, his printmaking activity diminished as he concentrated on painting, developing a sober, often bitter realism independently of the artistic mainstream.