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Author Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947.

Title Pierre Bonnard : the late still lifes and interiors / edited by Dita Amory ; with essays by Dita Amory ... [and others] ; and contributions from Nicole R. Myers and Allison Stielau
Published New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description xii, 195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Contents Director's foreword / Thomas P. Campbell -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors to the catalogue -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- The presence of objects : still life in Bonnard's late paintings / Dita Amory -- A desire for dispossession : portrait of the artist as a reader of Mallarmé / Rémi Labrusse -- Bonnard in the history of twentieth-century art / Jack Flam -- "The cat drank all the milk!" : Bonnard's continuous present / Jacqueline Munck -- Intelligent seeing / Rika Burnham -- Catalogue -- Selected chronology -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "The vibrant late paintings of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) are considered by many to be among his finest achievements. Working in a small converted bedroom of his villa in the south of France, Bonnard suffused his late canvases with radiant Mediterranean light and dazzling color. Although his subjects were close at hand-usually everyday scenes taken from his immediate surroundings, such as the dining room table being set for breakfast, or a jug of flowers perched on the mantelpiece - Bonnard rarely painted from life. Instead, he preferred to make pencil sketches in small diaries and then rely on these, along with his memory, once in the studio."
"This volume, which accompanies the first exhibition to focus on the interior and related still-life imagery from the last decades of Bonnard's long career, presents more than seventy-five paintings, drawings, and works on paper, many of them rarely seen in public and in some cases, little known. Although Bonnard's legacy may be removed from the succession of trends that today we consider the foundation of modernism, his contribution to French art in the early decades of the twentieth century is far more profound than history has generally acknowledged. In their insightful essays and catalogue entries the authors bring fresh critical perspectives to the ongoing reappraisal of Bonnard's reputation and to his place within the narrative of twentieth-century art."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan. 27-Apr. 19, 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index
Subject Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947 -- Exhibitions.
Still-life in art -- Exhibitions.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Amory, Dita, 1954-
Myers, Nicole R.
Stielau, Allison.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
LC no. 2008049975
ISBN 9781588393081 Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover
9781588393098 Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
9780300148893 Yale University Press hardcover