Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Pierre Bonnard
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|French painter and printmaker (1867–1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox artist | name = Pierre Bonnard | image = File:Tête de Bonnard (Portrait photograph of Pierre Bonnard), c.1899, Musée d'Orsay, restaurée.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Bonnard, {{Circa|1899}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1867|10|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Fontenay-aux-Roses]], [[Seine (department)|Seine]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|1947|1|23|1867|10|3|df=y}} | death_place = La Route de Serra Capeou, [[Le Cannet]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]], France | field = Painter | training = | movement = [[Post-Impressionism]], [[Les Nabis]], [[Intimism (art movement)|Intimism]] | works = | awards = |module={{Infobox person|child=yes | signature = Bonnard, Pierre 1867-1947 deWP.jpg}} }} '''Pierre Bonnard''' ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ bɔnaʁ|lang}}; 3 October 1867{{spnd}}23 January 1947) was a French [[Painting|painter]], [[illustrator]] and [[Printmaking|printmaker]], known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color.<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica on-line</ref> A founding member of the [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionist]] group of [[avant-garde]] painters [[Les Nabis]],<ref>[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T009901 Grove Art Online]</ref> his early work was strongly influenced by the work of [[Paul Gauguin]], as well as the prints of [[Hokusai]] and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from [[Impressionism]] to [[Modernism]]. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject.<ref>[http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection/index.aspx?id=0172 Phillips Collection]</ref><ref>Cogebal, Guy, ''Bonnard'', p. 8</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)