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Painting of a stately woman seated on a red velvet chair in a blood-red room, a blue-white fireplace to her left. She glances down at the floor with a serene expression toward a tiny blond child—a baby—who sits on the floor tearing up paper, her pink-clad back facing the viewer.
Post-Impressionism

The Red Room, Etretat

Félix Edouard Vallotton
artist Félix Edouard Vallotton (Swiss, 1865–1925)
date 1899
medium Oil on artist's board
origin Switzerland
dimensions 49.2 × 51.3 cm
credit line Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells
hall 06 Post-Impressionism
rights public domain (CC0)

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