Bonnard and the poetry of an ordinary object.
SilvanaEditoriale/Bonnard Museum| N° d'inventaire | 31228 |
| Format | 21 x 29.5 |
| Détails | 80 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836656950 |
Between around 1910 and the mid-1930s, a vase with a rather banal decoration of cherry branches, leaves, and fruit appeared in Pierre Bonnard's work. An object created before 1911 in the workshops of the Lebacqz & Bouchart pottery in northern France, this water pitcher fascinated the painter to the point that he produced around thirty paintings—almost exclusively still lifes, but also a nude and two interiors. It is well known that rare objects held very little interest for the painter, who needed to live with an object for a long time to scrutinize its intrinsic value. Transformed by color, the object seems different each time, sometimes unrecognizable. The exhibition is an opportunity to shed particular light on this cult object for a "Bonnardian," inspiring the painter who has inspired others on this subject. It inspired around thirty paintings, all reproduced in this catalog under the direction of Véronique Serrano. A third is presented in the exhibition, as well as drawings
Between around 1910 and the mid-1930s, a vase with a rather banal decoration of cherry branches, leaves, and fruit appeared in Pierre Bonnard's work. An object created before 1911 in the workshops of the Lebacqz & Bouchart pottery in northern France, this water pitcher fascinated the painter to the point that he produced around thirty paintings—almost exclusively still lifes, but also a nude and two interiors. It is well known that rare objects held very little interest for the painter, who needed to live with an object for a long time to scrutinize its intrinsic value. Transformed by color, the object seems different each time, sometimes unrecognizable. The exhibition is an opportunity to shed particular light on this cult object for a "Bonnardian," inspiring the painter who has inspired others on this subject. It inspired around thirty paintings, all reproduced in this catalog under the direction of Véronique Serrano. A third is presented in the exhibition, as well as drawings