Vallotton, Félix

Vallotton, Félix fālēks´ välətôN´ [key], 1865–1925, Swiss woodcut artist and painter. Associated with the Nabis , he worked in Paris. Vallotton rejuvenated the woodcut medium as a creative technique. His boldly cut designs, conceived as arrangements in black and white, depict Parisian society with wit and intelligence. A painting, Swiss Landscape, is in the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn.

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