# The Red Room, Etretat

- By: Félix Edouard Vallotton (Swiss, 1865–1925)
- Date: 1899
- Medium: Oil on artist's board
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 49.2 × 51.3 cm (19 3/8 × 20 3/8 in.); Framed: 62.9 × 65.4 × 6.4 cm (24 3/4 × 25 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Switzerland
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/94241)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e4df4d4a-4cfb-5be8-3728-0d0bf1b44751/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Inspired by a personal photograph, this work reflects Vallotton's focus on the daily life of his household. This example employs bold blocks of solid color: the red of the bed and the pink of the child's dress, for example. The result is a graphic simplicity similar to the artist's woodblock prints of interior scenes created during this same period.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0