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Pierre
Bonnardborn: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; 3 October 1867
died: Le Cannet, France; 23 January 1947
French painter and printmaker, member of the group of artists called the Nabis and afterward a leader of the Intimists; he is generally regarded as one of the greatest colourists of modern art. His characteristically intimate, sunlit domestic interiors and still lifes include The Dining Room,1913, and Bowl of Fruit, c. 1933. For his bachelor's degree he studied classics and later law at the insistence of his father, and for a short time in 1888 he worked in a government office. In 1890, after a year's military service, he shared a studio in Montmartre with Denis and Vuillard. Later they were joined by the theatrical producer Aurélien Lugné-Poë, with whom Bonnard collaborated on productions for the Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, in Paris. He was influenced by Japanese prints,. During the 1890s Bonnard became one of the leading members of the Nabis, a group of artists who specialized in painting intimate domestic scenes as well as decorative curvilinear compositions akin to those produced by painters of the contemporary Art Nouveau movement. |
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Relaxing |
Women in |
Family in the Garden |
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Model in Backlight |
Model in Lamplight |
Harbor |
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The Green Shirt |
Terrace at Vernon |
The Open Window |
Some late additions:
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The Blue Nude |
Goatherd |
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Woman in Black Stocking |
The Breakfast Room |
More Bonnard art is in the gallery of European Art between the World Wars.
Art between the World Wars
20th Century European Art
20th Century Overview
