Pierre Bonnard

“ ..Overlooking the Mediterranean, in a bedroom converted to a studio, Bonnard masterminded the dazzling paintings of color and light that we have come to consider his finest... ”

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“ ..Practicing art in its multifarious forms, Bonnard advocated a basically decorative esthetic, fuelled by sharp, humorous observations drawn from his immediate surroundings... ”

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Musée d'Orsay

“ ..Bonnard, a French painter, engraver and poster artist as well as a founding member of the Nabis avant-garde movement, is widely known for the originality of his brilliant compositions and his unusual handling... ”

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Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

“ ..Bonnard develops and models not only moods but entire compositions by means of colour harmonies and dissonances, by means of contrasts and the interplay of warm and cool tones... ”

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Bank Austria Kunstforum

“ ..Bonnard paints from memory, detaching himself from his subjects and resurrecting them in colour, plane and form... ”

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