Bonnard paintings

An art historian uncovers the truth about Marthe Bonnard, for decades labelled as a jealous recluse with a neurotic need to bathe.

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) The White Interior Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) Basket and Plate of Fruit on a Red-Checkered Tablecloth ...

Bord de mer, pins et rochers rouges

The international traveling exhibition “Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia” will be showcased at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum

View LES FRAISES (1910) By Bonnard Pierre; Oil on canvas; 24 7/8 by 20 1/4 in. 63.1 by 51.4 cm; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

This is the first of a four-part post on the French artist Pierre Bonnard (1867 – 1947). The feature Bonnard’s paintings, lithographs, and lesser known commercial art. Bonnard was born in 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. He began studying law in Paris in 1887. In the same year he also attended the Académie Julian, and in 1888 entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he met Ker-Xavier Roussel and Edouard Vuillard, who became his lifelong friends. Bonnard gave up law to become an artist…

A still life painting made colorful from imagination, even though the reference photo is bland, and more inspiration from Pierre Bonnard.

Ruskin Spear has cited Bonnard as a key influence, and many parallels can be drawn between both artists work.

Pierre Bonnard’s revolutionary and controversial use of color became a means toward unlocking his past and the truths of his own self. But what if, ultimately, there was nothing to find?

<span>At the end of the nineteenth century, the role of the art public is overturned, and Bonnard “shows, in a pitilessly realistic light, the reality hidden behind the sparkling appearance of the bohemian lifestyle”, writes Valentina Petrucci.</span>