Remembrance of Romanel, near Lausanne

Remembrance of Romanel, near Lausanne was painted by Vuillard in 1900 and reflects a visit to the Swiss countryside — an unusual subject for a painter so deeply associated with Parisian interiors. The word 'remembrance' in the title suggests this is a work painted from memory or notes after the fact, a retrospective evocation of a landscape rather than direct observation. This mediated relationship to the subject is characteristic of the Symbolist element within Vuillard's practice — experience filtered through memory and emotion rather than immediately transcribed. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts holds this as part of its strong Post-Impressionist collection.

Vuillard's handling in this landscape is more open than his compressed interiors — brushwork is freer and the color lighter and more naturalistic. The composition observes the gentle Swiss countryside with a quiet attentiveness, forms simplified but not abstractly flattened.