Bonnard's Worlds

This book explores the inspiration behind Pierre Bonnard's paintings, featuring over 70 works from private collections and museums worldwide. It explores his life circumstances through landscapes, interior spaces, and thoughts, governed by measures of intimacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 23 January 2024
Publisher: Yale University Press

A captivating exploration into the world of Pierre Bonnard and the profound inspiration behind his spatially arresting and intimate paintings

Pierre Bonnard's paintings are celebrated for their extraordinary intimacy. This volume delves into the sensory realms that fueled Bonnard's artistic practice, encompassing a wide range of experiences, from the most public to the most private. Through the lens of over 70 works, including numerous previously unknown examples from private collections and renowned paintings from museums worldwide, scholarly essays transport the reader into Bonnard's world, shedding new light on his unique life circumstances. Rather than being governed by chronological or geographical constraints, this study follows Bonnard on a journey through the landscapes of Paris and Normandy, into the interior spaces of his dwellings, and deep into his introspective thoughts.

Distributed for the Kimbell Art Museum, this exhibition is scheduled to be held at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, from November 5, 2023, to January 28, 2024. Following its presentation in Fort Worth, the exhibition will travel to the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, where it will be on display from March 2 to June 2, 2024.

This captivating exploration of Pierre Bonnard's artistic journey promises to provide a profound understanding of his remarkable work and the profound inspiration behind it.

Weight: 1748g
Dimension: 263 x 289 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300273274