Gilles Vuillard is a painter and a film maker. He was born in France and has worked in many places including Italy, Georgia, Iceland, Chile, the Azores, Easter Island, New York, Paris, Berlin... The way he depicts field studies in his paintings is like that of an anthropologist. Consequently, Gilles painted some houses in a portion of Zaliakalnis, and a certain amount of wooden synagogues. All his analog films, as many of his recent paintings, are connected to psychoanalysis and paleoanthropology.
Gilles has exhibited in Paris, Berlin, Vilnius, Kaunas... The Vilnius Gaon Museum and Kaunas' Choral Synagogue Museum hold some of Vuillard's paintings in their collections. From December 13, 2025 to January 28, 2026, the Ivanauskas Museum in Kaunas displays Gilles' most recent paintings. Lithuania's wood architecture cycle, which began twenty years ago, has reached a colorful expressionist moment.
About this artwork+
In the painting, a vibrant yellow house with weathered wooden siding commands the center. It's two stories high, with white trim around the windows and a slanted roof. There's a number 19 near the top of the house and a balcony enclosed by a railing. Surrounding the house is a lush, dense garden, bright with varied shades of green. Two figures, a man and a younger individual, stand in the foreground amidst the greenery, both posing casually and appearing partially painted, which contrasts them from the richly detailed surroundings. The sky above is overcast with hints of blue peeking through, suggesting either a break in the weather or the onset of dusk.
