The Grand Teddy tea-rooms paintings [SEP] creator
"The Oysters" in Vuillard's notes) is currently unknown.
Origin.
The Grand Teddy tea-rooms paintings are three oval paintings in glue distemper on canvas by Édouard Vuillard commissioned by interior designer Francis Jourdain to hang on the walls of the Grand Teddy bar and cafe in Paris. They were painted in 1918. With the closure of the cafe in 1922, the paintings were bought by Jos Hessel, Vuillard's friend and art dealer.
Subsequent history.
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- At n°8: Stendhal wrote here La Chartreuse de Parme. George Sand Also lived here for a time, until 1816.
- At n°24: Former location of Le Grand Teddy cafe (closed in 1922), original location of The Grand Teddy tea-rooms paintings by Edouard Vuillard.
- At n°25: Theater Comédie-Caumartin.
- At n°26: Building where was