The article focuses on the life of Swiss-born French artist, Félix Vallotton (1865-1925). The style he used in woodcuts, an art that he helped revive, was also used in his paintings. The characteristics of order, color, and distance between the two subjects in "The Sick Patient (Hélène)Châtenay) are discussed. Biographical information is given. The painting is critiqued. The title of his novel is given. The cause of his death is mentioned.