Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing-Quality Guarantee

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Rarely seen and important paintings by this much-loved French postimpressionist, emphasizing his radical use of color and unconventional compositions.

Anewmonographbringstogether30important paintingsbyPierreBonnard(1867–1947)onloan frommuseumsandprivatecollections,includingstill lifes,nudes,interiorscenes,andlandscapes,many never seen together before and published here for the ’smodern compositionstransformedpaintingsinthefirsthalf ofthetwentiethcentury,whilecelebratinghisunpar-alleled ability to capture fleeting moments, memories, and emotions on canvas. Ratherthanfocusonaparticulartimeperiodor subject, Bonnard:TheExperienceofSeeing aimsto presentBonnard’smodernityandconcentrateonhis influenceoncontemporarypaintersworkingtoday. The book draws attention to how Bonnard translated the experience of perception—with his shifting spaces, camouflagedanddissolvingfiguresgoinginandout of focus, and forms hidden at the periphery—and how we as viewers experience his paintings, with his works slowly revealing themselves to us over time.