
Bonnard
The Work of Art: Suspending Time
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Published on 28. May 2006
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-85331-943-6 (ISBN)
Description
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) is among the great artists whose work undoubtedly marked the 20th century. This book, which accompanies a major retrospective of the artist's work at the Musee d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, shows how Bonnard's contribution to a 'modern' conception of painting makes him a decisive figure in the history of 20th-century art.
Starting from the turn of the century, and from the change that moment represented in Bonnard's work, the book looks at some of the recurrent themes in the artist's work - the nude, landscapes, terraces and windows, and self-portraits - and reveals an ongoing re-invention of his vision, drawing from his Nabi experience and leading the painter to the very brink of abstraction.
Including essays by a cast of distinguished writers, new interviews with those who knew Bonnard or whose work has been influenced by him, unpublished archival photographs and diary drawings, and full-colour reproductions of 100 paintings, this book provides a major reassessment of the artist's contribution to the history of modernism, as well as a beautifully produced record of his life and work.
Starting from the turn of the century, and from the change that moment represented in Bonnard's work, the book looks at some of the recurrent themes in the artist's work - the nude, landscapes, terraces and windows, and self-portraits - and reveals an ongoing re-invention of his vision, drawing from his Nabi experience and leading the painter to the very brink of abstraction.
Including essays by a cast of distinguished writers, new interviews with those who knew Bonnard or whose work has been influenced by him, unpublished archival photographs and diary drawings, and full-colour reproductions of 100 paintings, this book provides a major reassessment of the artist's contribution to the history of modernism, as well as a beautifully produced record of his life and work.
Reviews / Votes
'Its difficult to imagine a more exciting publication for anybody who appreciates this most painterly of painters.' ARLIS '...a stunning catalogue...' Artists & Illustrators '... sumptuously produced...' French Studies 2007More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
2012 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85331-943-6 (9780853319436)
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Persons
Yves-Alain Bois is Professor of Art History at Harvard University and has written extensively on modern art. Georges Roque is a philosopher and art historian who has written widely on 20th-century art. He is the author of La strategie de Bonnard : Couleur, lumiere, regard (2006). Sarah Whitfield curated the Tate Gallery's 1998 Bonnard retrospective and was the co-author, with John Elderfield, of the accompanying catalogue. She has curated numerous exhibitions of 20th-century artists.
Content
Contents: Prefaces; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Suzanne Page; Bonnard's 'passivity',Yves-Alain Bois; A question of belonging, Sarah Whitfield; Surface, its colour and its 'laws', Georges Roque; Bonnard, by default, Jacqueline Munck; 'Drawing with a light hand, shapes of shadows', Francois Michaud; Pierre stupefaction: The window of photography, Michel Frizot; Catalogue, with inserts by Gloria Groom (Series of decorative panels known as 'Misia Sert's dining room'), Albert Kostenevich (Works commissioned by Ivan Morozov), Linda Nochlin (Bonnard's 'baths'), Yves Kobry (The 'Revue Blanche'), Michel Makarius (Bonnard and Proust) and Deepak Ananth (A different ending); Interviews with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dina Vierny, Karel Appel, John Michael Armleder, Peter Doig and Giuseppe Penone; Diary Drawings; Chronology, with inserts by Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold (Bonnard and his Swiss friends Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser) and Elisabeth Hutton Turner (Duncan Phillips and Pierre Bonnard); Technical Data; Bibliography; List of Exhibitions.