100% Silk Scarf - Pierre Bonnard : Atelier aux Mimosas - 40 x 140 cm

Main works

Landscape of Dauphiné (around 1888), The Exercise (1890), The Croquet Game (1892), Women in the Garden (1890), Two Dogs Playing (1891)

Artistic movements

Post-Impressionism, and one of the founding members of the Nabis group, who sought to enhance colors with simplified forms.

Inspiration, influence

He was influenced by the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, as well as Japanese art, especially the prints of Utamaro, Hokusai, and Hiroshige. Paul Gauguin also had a significant influence on his work.

His contemporaries

Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Henri-Gabriel Ibels, and Paul-Élie Ranson.

To keep in mind

His artistic career truly took off with the founding of the Nabis group in 1888, influenced by Paul Gauguin. Bonnard developed a personal style, different from avant-gardes such as Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism, focusing on scenes of daily life, landscape, still life, portrait, and female nude. His works are often characterized by a great mastery of light and vibrant colors, earning him a reputation as one of the greatest colorists of the 20th century.