In the Bathroom

Pierre Bonnard · 1907

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Pierre Bonnard

France · 1867–1947

Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject. == Early life and education == Pierre Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine on 3 October 1867.

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In the Bathroom — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

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Bonnard is known for his intense use of color, especially via areas built with small brush marks and close values. His often complex compositions, typically of sunlit interiors and gardens populated with friends and family members, are both narrative and autobiographical. Bonnard's fondness for depicting intimate scenes of everyday life, has led to him being called an "Intimist"; his wife Marthe was an ever-present subject over the course of several decades. She is seen seated at the kitchen table, with the remnants of a meal; or nude, as in a series of paintings where she reclines in the bathtub. He also painted several self-portraits, landscapes, street scenes, and many still lifes, which usually depicted flowers and fruit.