Pierre Bonnard
1867-1947
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
French Nabi Modernist Painter
Artistically and Stylistically Influenced by the following painters and Art Movements: Impressionism, Art Nouveau, Japanese Wood Block Prints, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Gauguin and Claude Monet
Cause of Death - Old age, he died peacefully at the age of 79 on January 23, 1947 at Le Cannet, France.
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Pierre Bonnard Quotions
Draw your pleasure, paint
your pleasure, and express
your pleasure strongly. --
Pierre Bonnard Quote
The precision of naming
takes away from the
uniqueness of seeing. --
Pierre Bonnard Quote
A painting that is well
composed is half finished.
-- Pierre Bonnard Quote
Pierre Bonnard Biography
and Interesting Facts
Pierre Bonnard was born
on October 3, 1867 into an
upper middle-class family in
Fontany-aux-Roses, a small
village on the outskirts of
Paris.
Bonnard's strict and
demanding father, Eugene
Bonnard, was in the ministry
of war. The elder Bonnard
flatly rejected young
Pierre's dreams of becoming
an artist and insisted that
young Pierre go into law.
Reluctantly the elder
Bonnard agreed to finance
Pierre's art education at
the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts.
Bonnard was a leader of a
group of artists, that
called themselves the Nabis.
The Nabis were influenced by
Japanese color and involved
with manipulating color and
structure. The word
"Nabis" means prophet.
Pierre Bonnard's lifelong
lover was a striking
working-class laundry girl
named Maria Boursin. Maria
preferred to be called
Martha.She was his favorite
model.
Although Pierre and the
beautiful Martha lived
together for many years it
was not until Bonnard was 58
that the pair became man and
wife.
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