
Bonnard
Timothy Hyman(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 2. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-500-20310-1 (ISBN)
Description
Reviewing the work of Bonnard, one of the best-loved artists of the modern period, this book draws insights into his personality from his paintings. It is published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, in February 1998. Bonnard's association with the Nabis, especially Vuillard, inspired him to develop Impressionist notions, by treating light and colour in an entirely fresh way. Influenced by Japanese prints, Bonnard's style evolved into decorative intimate evocations of interiors; in his mature work, the rich and sometimes near-abstract compositions of the 1930s and 1940s recall Matisse's monumental treatments. His best-known figure paintings, the many intimate portraits of his wife Marthe, express profoundly human concerns, characteristic of all Bonnard's painting.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
119 Illustrations, black and white; 50 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-20310-1 (9780500203101)
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Person
Timothy Hyman is a writer on art and a painter. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2011 and is an honorary research fellow at University College London. He has exhibited widely and his work is in many public collections, including the British Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Deutsche Bank Collection. He was lead curator of Tate Britain's major Stanley Spencer retrospective in 2001 and has written a pioneering monograph on Bhupen Khakhar. His articles have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement and the London Magazine, and he is the author of Bonnard and The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century.