This talk by Associate Curator Dita Amory focuses on the late interiors and related still-life imagery of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) in the context of French modernism. She describes Bonnard’s ways of seeing and his artistic process in comparison to the processes of his contemporaries—including Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)—and of the Impressionists. Touching on both the criticism […]
Bonnard and Escapism
Artist and independent scholar Julian Bell offers his view of the late interiors and related still-life imagery of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) in the context of French modernism. This is the second of three videos recorded on February 8, 2009, in conjunction with the special exhibition “Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors,” on view at the Met […]