When artist Spencer Finch was visiting the IMA to install his work in the Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion, we asked him to take a walk through our collection galleries and let us know his favorites.

 

Vuillard was an intensely private person who preferred to paint small interior scenes peopled by his family and friends. In this image, scraps of ribbon and lace, chintz draperies and the wallpaper of his mother's dressmaking shop interlock to form decorative patterns. They create a subtle interplay of greys, browns and red, interrupted by the clamorous pink windowpanes.