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His later paintings include highly finished portraits and nudes, and landscapes painted from memory.

He produced few prints after 1901, and concentrated instead on painting. Characterized by broad masses of black and white with minimal detail, they include street scenes, bathers, portraits, and a series of ten interiors titled Intimités (Intimacies) that portray charged domestic encounters between men and women. He developed a simpler style during his association with Les Nabis during the 1890s, and produced woodcuts which brought him international recognition. His earliest paintings were influenced by Holbein and Ingres. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. Félix Édouard Vallotton ( French pronunciation: ​ December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis.