Catalog of an exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, March 17 - July 19, 2015, the Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, September 19, 2015 - January 10, 2016 and the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, February 6 - May 15, 2016. "This catalogue is adapted from the original French edition of Pierre Bonnard: Peindre l'Arcadie."--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328) and index.
Contents:
Bonnard's melody / Guy Cogeval, Richard Benefield, Pablo Jiménez Burillo -- Bonnard: the cat with nine lives / Guy Cogeval -- The mechanics of happiness / Isabelle Cahn -- Pierre Bonnard, le nabi trés Japonard / Ursula Perucchi-Petri -- Pierre Bonnard and La Revue Blanche / Paul-Henri Bourrelier -- Soul spaces: brothers in spirit- Pierre Bonnard and Odilon Redon / Felix Krämer -- The distant body / Philippe Comar -- Brushstrokes: straight to the heart: Bonnard's nudes / Marina Ferretti Bocquillon -- Sentimental snapshot: Bonnard the photographer / Magali Lesauvage -- A world devoted to the feminine / Antoine Terrasse -- Bonnard and decorative painting / Nicholas Watkins -- Bonnard's travels in Spain / María López Fernández -- An insider's view: Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser encounter with Pierre Bonnard and his work / Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold -- Pierre Bonnard and the Phillips collection: "a rare power of renewal" / Eliza Rathbone -- Bonnard and Russia / Albert Kostenevich -- Chronology: 1867-1947 / Véronique Serrano
Summary:
"This lavishly illustrated volume examines the genius of Pierre Bonnard, whose utopian vision bridged both Impressionism and modernism. Pierre Bonnard is often considered a painter of idyllic scenes, replete with color and serenity, however, this view overlooks many of the most striking aspects of Bonnard's oeuvre. Over the course of his career, Bonnard worked within--often expanding and challenging--many genres and techniques. Alternating between the traditions of Impressionism and the abstract visual modes of modernism, Bonnard addressed elements present within many movements in order to synthesize a world worthy of his utopian vision. As this exquisitely produced volume reveals, Bonnard's work evolved radically over the course of his career. Included in its pages are illustrations of well-known examples alongside rarely exhibited pieces, which represent the many thematic and stylistic compositions of Bonnard's work. The book features the murals and tapestries he created with the Nabis; his lush interiors and depictions of his wife, Marthe; his extraordinary use of rich color, brush strokes, and perspective; and his contemplative portraits. Interwoven throughout these dazzling reproductions are illuminating texts by acclaimed critics who draw on the latest research to present a multi-dimensional account of the artist. Readers of this gorgeous, authoritative book can look forward to a visual and intellectual treat in which Bonnard's status is elevated from a forerunner of modernism to one of the greatest painters of the 19th and 20th centuries." --Provided by publisher.
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