Painting is very difficult. Words and tributes.
The shop| N° d'inventaire | 25527 |
| Format | 14.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 120 p, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782840683148 |
"I don't know if the word vocation is correct as far as I'm concerned. I didn't really realize then whether I wanted to be a painter. It seems to me that, at that time, what attracted me was not so much art, but rather the artist's life with all that it entailed, in my idea, of fantasy, of free disposition of oneself. Certainly for a long time I had been attracted by painting and drawing, but without it being an irresistible passion, while I wanted at all costs to escape from the monotonous life."
P. Bonnard to Raymond Cogniat, July 1933
"Painting is very difficult. And it's only been ten years since I began to recognize myself in it..."
P. Bonnard to Maximilien Gauthier, December 1937
"I don't know if the word vocation is correct as far as I'm concerned. I didn't really realize then whether I wanted to be a painter. It seems to me that, at that time, what attracted me was not so much art, but rather the artist's life with all that it entailed, in my idea, of fantasy, of free disposition of oneself. Certainly for a long time I had been attracted by painting and drawing, but without it being an irresistible passion, while I wanted at all costs to escape from the monotonous life."
P. Bonnard to Raymond Cogniat, July 1933
"Painting is very difficult. And it's only been ten years since I began to recognize myself in it..."
P. Bonnard to Maximilien Gauthier, December 1937