Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors
The first exhibition to focus entirely on the radiant late interiors and still lifes of Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), the 80 paintings, drawings, and watercolors on display date from the artist’s later years, when he centered his painting activity in his pink stucco house overlooking the Mediterranean in the village of Le Cannet. Working in a converted upstairs bedroom, Bonnard transformed the rooms and objects that surrounded him into iridescent subjects, remarkable in color, light, and vision.
Compelling metaphors for a range of sensations, the late paintings convey a disquieting effect. It is these luminous late interiors that define Bonnard’s modernism and prompt a reappraisal of his reputation in the history of 20th-century art.
Link: www.metmuseum.org
The exhibition is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Janice H. Levin Fund.
The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Photography © Bob Kolbrener. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris | Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947) | Still Life with Fruit, 1936 | Oil on canvas; 14 1/2 x 24 in. (36.8 x 61 cm) | Private collection
Where / When
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028-0198
Written on Feb. 19, 09
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