Bonnard et la poésie d’un objet ordinaire
Véronique Serrano (Ed.)
Musée Bonnard, 2024
€30,00
Between around 1910 and the mid-1930s, a vase with a fairly ordinary decoration of branches, leaves and cherry fruit appeared in Pierre Bonnard’s work. An object created before 1911 in the workshops of the Lebacqz & Bouchart earthenware factory 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. We know that rare objects were of little interest to the painter, who needed to live with an object for a long time in order 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 for the painter who has had imitators 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.
ENG: Between around 1910 and the mid-1930s, a vase with a fairly ordinary decoration of branches, leaves and cherry fruit appeared in Pierre Bonnard’s work. An object created before 1911 in the workshops of the Lebacqz & Bouchart earthenware factory 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. We know that rare objects were of little interest to the painter, who needed to live with an object for a long time in order to pollize 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 for the painter who has had imitators 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. IN FRENCH!
ISBN: 9788836656950
