Pierre Bonnard Early and Late

by Turner, Elizabeth Hutton

• ISBN13: 9780856675560
• ISBN10: 0856675563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-02
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers

Summary

This major presentation of the work of Pierre Bonnard follows a new line of enquiry reconciling what has previously been seen as two distinct early and creative periods: the Nabis or symbolist Bonnard and the later so-called Impressionist or colorist Bonnard. By uniting representative works from all periods of Bonnard's life, this book chart's the artist's singular pathway and illustrates his highly independent artistic vision. The 130 works illustrated here, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture, show that Bonnard continually experimented with alternative media and drew from a range of sources, both Eastern and Western. The 130 works here illustrated, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture, show that Bonnard continually experimented with alternative media and drew from a range of sources, both Eastern and Western. Above all, the book demonstrates Bonnard's overriding and lifelong interest in colour. Three introductory essays explore diverse aspects of Bonnard's work: his aesthetic innovations in light and colour stemming from inventions in photography and film; the influence of Japonisme in his early and late work; and the critical role played by Bonnard's early formative education in Parisian Lycees. The resulting volume, which accompanies an exhibition at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., and the Denver Art Museum, is essential for all lovers of the work of Pierre Bonnard and of great value to students and connoisseurs of the history of European modenism.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Hutton Turner is Senior Curator of Art, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Statement	11	(12)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Statement	12	(4)
Michel Terrasse
Director's Foreword	16	(7)
Lenders List	23	(3)
Chronology	26	(26)
Elisa M. Smithgall
Lisa Lipinski
The Imaginary Cinema of Pierre Bonnard	52	(64)
Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Plate Section 1: Early Years	76	(40)
From Thought to Form	116	(74)
Nancy Coleman Wolsk
Plate Section 2: Middle Years	130	(60)
Japonisme in Bonnard's Early and Late Work	190	(56)
Ursula Perucchi-Petri
Plate Section 3: Later Years	206	(40)
Bonnard's Notes	246	(10)
Antoine Terrasse
Works in the Exhibition	256	(20)
Selected Bibliography	276	(2)
Notes	278	(7)
Photographic Credits	285	(1)
Index	286