| Gallery for Bonnard |
| Pierre Bonnard |
| Pierre Bonnard was born in 1867 studied art in
1888-1889 at the Academy, where he met Denis and Vuillard,who introduced him to Gauguin's
art.In 1890 he became co-founder of Nabis,a group of painters favouring symbolist and
antinaturalist ideas.From 1891 to 1905 he exhibited at the Independents.From 1895 his
lithographs were published. In 1903 he exhibited for the first time at the new Autumn
Salon and in 1906 he taught at the Academy. In 1905 he travelled a lot with
Vuillard.He died in 1947. Best known and most popular are Bonnard's paintings in the late Impressionist manner with delicate colours of porcelain-like translucence, including interors, potraits and female mudes as well as landscapes and steet scenes. Although a member of Nabis, Bonnard can't be classed as belonging to a specific school or group. As with many of his contemporaries,he was fascinated by Japanese art,and this interest comes out in his work. |