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  • Pierre Bonnard
    Oct 03, 1867 - Jan 23, 1947
  • The Pink Sofa - Pierre Bonnard was a French painter who helped provide a bridge between impressionism and the abstraction explored by post-impressionists. He is known for the bold colors in his work and a fondness for painting elements of everyday life, 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.
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  • LE CANAPé ROSE
    1910
    Oil on canvas

    Throughout his career, Bonnard would return to the theme of nude women at their toilette, emerging from the bath or at intimate moments of rest, as in the present work. The nudes in many of these paintings were usually inspired by people close to him, but for the most part the model was the artist's longtime companion, Marthe. Often pictured from a distance and surrounded by a comfortable interior setting, Bonnard's nudes look very much at ease with themselves, and as a result, these images have a natural and spontaneous quality, which enhances the intimacy of the scene. These women are depicted during their most private moments and convey the artist's sensitivity towards the rituals of the bourgeoisie.

    In Le Canapé rose, completed in 1910, Bonnard presents his nude model resting, surrounded by richly-decorated fabrics that call to mind the works of his contemporary Vuillard and those which Matisse would later execute in Nice in the 1920s. Bonnard collapses perspective and interweaves the elements in this composition, invoking the Japanese prints that were such an important influence for him. There was a fine line between openness and vulnerability that was inherent in these compositions of nudes, and here Bonnard's careful attention to the arrangement of space ensures the delicate balance of the two qualities. The nude is captured here in a personal moment, and appears to be deeply absorbed in her thoughts, as if unaware of being watched.

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Other paintings by Pierre Bonnard:

The Organ Grinder
The Organ Grinder
The Palm
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The Pont des Arts
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The Pony
The Pony
Pierre BonnardPierre Bonnard was a French Post-Impressionist painter remembered for his ability to convey dazzling light with juxtapositions of vibrant color. “What I am after is the first impression—I want to show all one sees on first entering the room—what my eye takes in at first glance,” he said of his work. Born on October 3, 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, Bonnard studied law at the Sorbonne, graduating in 1888. During this time, he was also enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts but left to attend the Académie Julian in 1889. At this more open-minded painting academy, Bonnard met Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier, and Édouard Vuillard, among others. Together with these artists he helped from a group known as the Nabis, who were influenced by Japanese prints and the use of flat areas of color. Early on in his career, Bonnard was better known for his prints and posters than for his paintings. Moving to the South of France in 1910, over the following decades, Bonnard receded from the forefront of the art world, mainly producing tapestry-like paintings of his wife Marthe in their home. Late works of Bonnard, such as The Terrace at Vernonnet (1939), more closely resembled a continuation of Impressionism than other avant-garde styles of the era. Because of this, at the time of his death on January 23, 1947 in Le Cannet, France, the artist’s work had been largely discounted as regressive. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.