WRITTEN IN FRENCH
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) saw Japanese prints as an essential model for his commitment to modernity. These images from a faraway land taught him new aesthetic principles that revolutionized his artistic practice. The French painter shared with the great masters of Japanese printmaking a sensitivity to beings, nature and animals, as well as an interest in the representation of everyday life combined with a certain fantasy.
Through a selection of prints by the great Japanese masters, as well as paintings, drawings, posters, engravings and photographs by Pierre Bonnard, Bonnard et le Japon illustrates the connections between the art of the Land of the Rising Sun and the work of one of France's greatest painters.
Exhibition "Bonnard et le Japon" organized by the Hôtel de Caumont-Centre d'art, Culturespaces, Aix-en-Provence, from May 3 to October 6, 2024.
French
192 pages / 210 illustrations
Co-publishing Hôtel de Caumont-Centre d'art, Culturespaces, Aix-en-Provence / In Fine éditions d'art
