Pierre Bonnard Painting Reproductions 1 of 2
1867-1947
French Nabi Painter
Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 - January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis.
Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses. He led a happy and careless youth as the son of a prominent official of the French Ministry of War. At the insistence of his father, Bonnard studied law, graduating and practising as a barrister briefly. However, he had also attended art classes on the side, and soon decided to become an artist.
In 1891 he met Toulouse-Lautrec and began showing his work at the annual exhibition of the Societe des Artistes Independants. His first show was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1896.
In his twenties he was a part of Les Nabis, a group of young artists committed to creating work of symbolic and spiritual nature. Other Nabis include Edouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis. He left Paris in 1910 for the south of France.
Bonnard is known for his intense use of color, especially via areas built with small brushmarks and close values. His often complex compositions typically of sunlit interiors of rooms and gardens populated with friends and family members are both narrative and autobiographical. His wife Marthe was an ever-present subject over the course of several decades. She is seen seated at the kitchen table, with the remnants of a meal; or nude, as in a series of paintings where she reclines in the bathtub. He also painted several self-portraits, landscapes, and many still lifes which usually depict flowers and fruit.
Bonnard did not paint from life but rather drew his subject sometimes photographing it as well and made notes on the colors. He then painted the canvas in his studio from his notes.
In 1938 there was a major exhibition of his work along with Vuillard's at the Art Institute of Chicago. He finished his last painting, The Almond Tree in Flower, a week before his death in Le Cannet, on the French Riviera, in 1947. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City organized a posthumous retrospective of Bonnard's work in 1948, although originally it was meant to be a celebration of the artist's eightieth birthday.
Two major exhibitions of Bonnard's work took place in 1998: February through May at the Tate Gallery in London, and from June through October at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses. He led a happy and careless youth as the son of a prominent official of the French Ministry of War. At the insistence of his father, Bonnard studied law, graduating and practising as a barrister briefly. However, he had also attended art classes on the side, and soon decided to become an artist.
In 1891 he met Toulouse-Lautrec and began showing his work at the annual exhibition of the Societe des Artistes Independants. His first show was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1896.
In his twenties he was a part of Les Nabis, a group of young artists committed to creating work of symbolic and spiritual nature. Other Nabis include Edouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis. He left Paris in 1910 for the south of France.
Bonnard is known for his intense use of color, especially via areas built with small brushmarks and close values. His often complex compositions typically of sunlit interiors of rooms and gardens populated with friends and family members are both narrative and autobiographical. His wife Marthe was an ever-present subject over the course of several decades. She is seen seated at the kitchen table, with the remnants of a meal; or nude, as in a series of paintings where she reclines in the bathtub. He also painted several self-portraits, landscapes, and many still lifes which usually depict flowers and fruit.
Bonnard did not paint from life but rather drew his subject sometimes photographing it as well and made notes on the colors. He then painted the canvas in his studio from his notes.
In 1938 there was a major exhibition of his work along with Vuillard's at the Art Institute of Chicago. He finished his last painting, The Almond Tree in Flower, a week before his death in Le Cannet, on the French Riviera, in 1947. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City organized a posthumous retrospective of Bonnard's work in 1948, although originally it was meant to be a celebration of the artist's eightieth birthday.
Two major exhibitions of Bonnard's work took place in 1998: February through May at the Tate Gallery in London, and from June through October at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
58 Pierre Bonnard Paintings
Morning in Paris 1911
Oil Painting
$599
$599
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-3613
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76.5 x 122 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76.5 x 122 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
A Dish and a Basket of Fruit 1944
Oil Painting
$356
$356
SKU: BON-3614
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
The Small Window (La Petite fenetre) 1946
Oil Painting
$364
$364
SKU: BON-3615
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Door Opening onto the Garden 1924
Oil Painting
$642
$642
SKU: BON-3616
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Standing Nude 1920
Oil Painting
$567
$567
SKU: BON-3617
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Landscape n.d.
Oil Painting
$345
$345
SKU: BON-3618
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Evening in Paris 1911
Oil Painting
$650
$650
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-3619
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76 x 121 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76 x 121 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Train and Bardes (Landscape with a Goods Train) 1909
Oil Painting
$599
$599
SKU: BON-3620
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Early Spring. Little Fauns 1909
Oil Painting
$697
$697
Canvas Print
$60.92
$60.92
SKU: BON-3621
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 102.5 x 125 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 102.5 x 125 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Behind the Fence 1895
Oil Painting
$222
$222
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-3622
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 31 x 35 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 31 x 35 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Dauphine Landscape c.1899
Oil Painting
$374
$374
SKU: BON-3623
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 45.5 x 56 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 45.5 x 56 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Two Dogs in a Deserted Street c.1894
Oil Painting
$173
$173
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-3624
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 35 x 27 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 35 x 27 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Table Set in a Garden c.1908
Oil Painting
$386
$386
Canvas Print
$56.98
$56.98
SKU: BON-3625
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
The Letter c.1906
Oil Painting
$455
$455
Canvas Print
$64.45
$64.45
SKU: BON-3626
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 55 x 47.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 55 x 47.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
The Bathroom Mirror 1908
Oil Painting
$592
$592
Canvas Print
$59.15
$59.15
SKU: BON-3627
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 120 x 97 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 120 x 97 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Summer, the Dance c.1912
Oil Painting
$708
$708
Canvas Print
$59.15
$59.15
SKU: BON-3628
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 202 x 254 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 202 x 254 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Summer in Normandy c.1912
Oil Painting
$599
$599
Canvas Print
$66.35
$66.35
SKU: BON-3629
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 114 x 128 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 114 x 128 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Stairs in the Artist's Garden c.1942/44
Oil Painting
$431
$431
SKU: BON-3630
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Bouquet of Flowers c.1926
Oil Painting
$364
$364
Canvas Print
$49.66
$49.66
SKU: BON-3631
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 70.2 x 47 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 70.2 x 47 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
The Mediterranean. Triptych - Left Part 1911
Oil Painting
$490
$490
SKU: BON-3632
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Mediterranean. Triptych - Central Part 1911
Oil Painting
$490
$490
SKU: BON-3633
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Mediterranean. Triptych - Right Part 1911
Oil Painting
$490
$490
SKU: BON-3634
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Coffee Mill 1930
Oil Painting
$374
$374
SKU: BON-3639
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Women with Dog 1891
Oil Painting
$324
$324
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4433
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 41 x 32.5 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 41 x 32.5 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
The Street in Winter 1894
Oil Painting
$268
$268
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4439
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 27.6 x 35.9 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 27.6 x 35.9 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Cafe Terrace 1898
Oil Painting
$336
$336
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4440
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 47 x 64 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 47 x 64 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Interior The Terrasse Children 1899
Oil Painting
$390
$390
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4441
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 31.1 x 54 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 31.1 x 54 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Paris Boulevard at Night 1900
Oil Painting
$336
$336
SKU: BON-4442
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Dining Room in the Country 1913
Oil Painting
$631
$631
Canvas Print
$59.29
$59.29
SKU: BON-4443
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 161.3 x 203.5 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 161.3 x 203.5 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
Wild Flowers 1920
Oil Painting
$443
$443
SKU: BON-4444
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
The Dessert (After Dinner) c.1920
Oil Painting
$620
$620
Canvas Print
$71.23
$71.23
SKU: BON-4445
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76.2 x 80 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 76.2 x 80 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Landscape Southern France c.1916/18
Oil Painting
$631
$631
Canvas Print
$52.37
$52.37
SKU: BON-4446
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 139 x 197.8 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 139 x 197.8 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Earthly Paradise 1920
Oil Painting
$659
$659
Canvas Print
$58.34
$58.34
SKU: BON-4447
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 130 x 160 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 130 x 160 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nude Yellow Background c.1924
Oil Painting
$345
$345
Canvas Print
$64.85
$64.85
SKU: BON-4448
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 57.2 x 49 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 57.2 x 49 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Woman with Dog 1924
Oil Painting
$400
$400
SKU: BON-4449
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
The Seine at Vernon 1925
Oil Painting
$620
$620
Canvas Print
$74.62
$74.62
SKU: BON-4450
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 108 x 108 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 108 x 108 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Boulevard Exelmans, Paris 1925
Oil Painting
$336
$336
Canvas Print
$54.13
$54.13
SKU: BON-4451
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 42.2 x 52 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 42.2 x 52 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
The Port of Cannes 1927
Oil Painting
$390
$390
SKU: BON-4452
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
The Road to Nantes 1929
Oil Painting
$524
$524
Canvas Print
$71.63
$71.63
SKU: BON-4453
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 69.2 x 66.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 69.2 x 66.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Pitcher with Flowers c.1935
Oil Painting
$669
$669
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4454
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 95.2 x 44.7 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 95.2 x 44.7 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
The Checkered Tablecloth 1939
Oil Painting
$553
$553
Canvas Print
$74.62
$74.62
SKU: BON-4455
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Terrace at Vernon 1939
Oil Painting
$642
$642
SKU: BON-4456
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: unknown
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Still Life Cherries c.1942
Oil Painting
$254
$254
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4457
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 15.9 x 22.5 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 15.9 x 22.5 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Table Laid for Dessert c.1924
Oil Painting
$288
$288
Canvas Print
$49.52
$49.52
SKU: BON-4458
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 38 x 56 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 38 x 56 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Landscape c.1935
Oil Painting
$318
$318
Canvas Print
$49.24
$49.24
SKU: BON-4459
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 34.4 x 46.2 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 34.4 x 46.2 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Garden: Meadow in Bloom c.1935
Oil Painting
$553
$553
SKU: BON-16659
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 90.2 x 90.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 90.2 x 90.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Poppies 1912
Oil Painting
$337
$337
SKU: BON-16804
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 51 x 43 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, Troyes, France
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 51 x 43 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, Troyes, France
The Checkered Blouse 1892
Oil Painting
$313
$313
SKU: BON-16805
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 61 x 33 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Pierre Bonnard
Original Size: 61 x 33 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France