Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) remains a fascinating artist to this day. His paintings and prints
as well as his work as an illustrator and press cartoonist are characterized by detached and
critical observation satirical sharpness and a strong desire for independence. A century
after his death film director and screenwriter Lionel Baier art historians Dario Gamboni and
Choghakate Kazarian literary scholar and writer Daniel Maggetti and curators Catherine Lepdor
and Katia Poletti share their views on Vallotton's work and their passion for him and his art.
The French-language Vallotton Forever is published to coincide with a major retrospective
at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA) in Vallotton's native city of Lausanne which is
home to the world's most comprehensive collection of his works. The volume celebrates an
extraordinary artist who is considered one of the greats of art history in both his native
Switzerland and his adopted home of France. It brings together key works from all periods of
Vallotton's career from the early years and the icons of the Nabis period in the 1890s to his
sophisticated dialogue with tradition in the modern era that marks his later years.
