Pierre bonnard paintings

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

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

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

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

Now that school is out, the next best place to read a book is at the beach, on a hammock, in the garden, or outside on a starry summer night. And here are the drawings and paintings to prove it.

Bord de mer, pins et rochers rouges

By Pierre Bonnard, 1920-1939, "La Terrasse à Vernon", detail..PinIt : Anónimo de Piedra

“Pierre Bonnard The strawberries (Les fraises)”

I’ve always admired and loved the color experimentation and singular focus and dedication of Pierre Bonnard. His saffron-hued and fuzzily intimate interior scenes invite us into his world, to dine, to linger in soft focus, to dream in eternal sunshine, to chat, to meet the family and their sleeping cat, and to chat with his somnolent his models. Pierre Bonnard was a contemporary of Cezanne and Picasso and Matisse, but his singular devotion to depicting and honoring domestic life left art…

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…