Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject.
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Works in Collection
377 works
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Pierre Bonnard
1896
Announcement of a Birth (Billet de naissance)
Pierre Bonnard
(1898)
Back cover from Petit solfège illustré (Little Illustrate...
Pierre Bonnard
1893 (reproduced drawings executed 1891–93)
Basket of Fruit in a Cupboard
Pierre Bonnard
c. 1944-46
Boating
Pierre Bonnard
(c. 1897)
Boutique à cinq sous (headpiece, page 37) from Petites sc...
Pierre Bonnard
1893–94, published 1895
Cat and Dog
Pierre Bonnard
(1924)
Child with Lamp (L'enfant à la lampe)
Pierre Bonnard
c. 1897
Colloquy in the Park
Pierre Bonnard
1900
Conversation
Pierre Bonnard
1893
Cover of the second L'Album d'estampes originales de la G...
Pierre Bonnard
(1897)
Dance (Danse) (headpiece, page 28) from Petites scènes fa...
Pierre Bonnard
1893–94, published 1895
Daphnis et Chloé
Pierre Bonnard
1902
Der Schlecht Gefesselte Prometheus (Prometheus Illbound)
Pierre Bonnard
1908–09, published 1919
Design for cover for Petit solfège illustré (Little Illus...
Pierre Bonnard
c. 1893
Dining Room Overlooking the Garden (The Breakfast Room)
Pierre Bonnard
1930-31
Dogs (Les chiens)
Pierre Bonnard
1893
Double page plate (pages 4 and 5) from Parallèlement (In ...
Pierre Bonnard
1900
Dressage at the Circus (Au Cirque...La Haute-école) (head...
Pierre Bonnard
1893–94, published 1895
Exhibition poster for Les peintres-graveurs (The Painter-...
Pierre Bonnard
1896
Fair Booth (La Baraque) (headpiece, page 41) from Petites...
Pierre Bonnard
1893–94, published 1895
Family Scene (Scène de famille)
Pierre Bonnard
1892
Family Scene (Scène de famille) from the portfolio The Or...
Pierre Bonnard
1893
Fifi's First Song (Premier air de Fifi) (headpiece, page ...
Pierre Bonnard
1893–94, published 1895
Exhibitions
68 exhibitionsJan 19, 1930 – Mar 02, 1930
Painting in Paris
26 artists
Jun 07, 1932 – Oct 30, 1932
Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
57 artists
Jul 20, 1932 – Oct 05, 1932
A Brief Survey of Modern Painting
38 artists
Jul 10, 1933 – Sep 30, 1933
Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
48 artists
Oct 03, 1933 – Oct 27, 1933
Modern European Art
53 artists
Nov 16, 1933 – Dec 08, 1933
Gifts and Loans from the Collection of Mrs. Sadie A. May
15 artists
Aug 13, 1934 – Sep 21, 1934
Color Reproductions: Modern Watercolors and Pastels
24 artists
Nov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935
Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
117 artists
Apr 27, 1936 – Sep 02, 1936
Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
100 artists · 1 curator
Jun 23, 1937 – Nov 04, 1937
Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan
53 artists
May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
154 artists
May 06, 1941 – Oct 15, 1941
New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee
15 artists
Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943
Twentieth Century Portraits
159 artists · 1 curator
Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944
Modern Drawings
120 artists · 3 curators
May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
133 artists · 1 curator
Nov 14, 1944 – Nov 27, 1944
The War Years: Color Reproductions of Works by Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard 19391943
3 artists
Mar 06, 1945 – Mar 25, 1945
What is Modern Painting?
37 artists
Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946
The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
174 artists
Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946
The Museum Collection of Painting
67 artists
Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 22, 1946
Paintings from New York Private Collections
37 artists · 1 curator
Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954
Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
112 artists · 1 curator
Apr 01, 1947 – May 04, 1947
Large-Scale Modern Paintings
16 artists · 1 curator
May 10, 1948 – Sep 06, 1948
Pierre Bonnard
1 artist · 1 curator
Jun 01, 1948 – Sep 06, 1948
Portraits in Prints
29 artists · 1 curator
Sep 14, 1948 – Oct 31, 1948
Bonnard, Picasso
2 artists
Oct 01, 1948 – Oct 31, 1948
Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist
31 artists · 1 curator
May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949
Master Prints from the Museum Collection
132 artists · 2 curators
Jul 26, 1949 – Sep 25, 1949
Prints by Gauguin, Vuillard, and Bonnard
3 artists · 1 curator
Jun 26, 1951 – Sep 09, 1951
Selections from 5 New York Private Collections
34 artists · 1 curator
Jun 24, 1952 – Sep 07, 1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection
24 artists
Mar 03, 1953 – Apr 12, 1953
Edward G. Robinson Collection
27 artists · 1 curator
Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
260 artists
Dec 07, 1954 – Feb 01, 1955
Modern Masterprints of Europe
72 artists · 1 curator
May 31, 1955 – Sep 07, 1955
Paintings from Private Collections
33 artists · 1 curator
Nov 30, 1955 – Feb 22, 1956
Recent Acquisitions
44 artists
Apr 23, 1958 – May 18, 1958
50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss
41 artists · 1 curator
Dec 31, 1958 – Feb 23, 1959
Ten European Artists
10 artists · 1 curator
Jun 08, 1960 – Sep 06, 1960
Art Nouveau
118 artists · 3 curators
Feb 01, 1961 – Mar 04, 1961
Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection
37 artists
Jun 09, 1961 – Jul 16, 1961
The Mrs. Adele R. Levy Collection: A Memorial Exhibition
19 artists
Nov 06, 1962 – Jan 06, 1963
Lettering by Hand
34 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1964
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
169 artists
May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965
Prints by Seventeen Artists
17 artists · 1 curator
Oct 07, 1964 – Nov 29, 1964
Bonnard and His Environment
1 artist · 2 curators
Nov 02, 1965 – Jan 02, 1966
The School of Paris: Paintings from the Florence May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection
14 artists · 1 curator
Mar 03, 1966
Paul J. Sachs Gallery Print Re-installation
28 artists
Apr 28, 1967 – Apr 30, 1967
The Artist as His Subject
46 artists · 2 curators
Jun 06, 1967 – Sep 17, 1967
The Artist as His Subject
49 artists
Jan 25, 1968 – Mar 10, 1968
Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 18791967
197 artists · 1 curator
May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969
Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
119 artists · 1 curator
Dec 19, 1970 – Mar 01, 1971
Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and her Family
23 artists · 2 curators
Jun 20, 1972 – Oct 10, 1972
Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Siècle
36 artists · 1 curator
Jun 15, 1973 – Sep 25, 1973
Recent Acquisitions, 19681973
62 artists · 1 curator
Jun 13, 1974 – Sep 08, 1974
Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France
79 artists · 1 curator
Aug 23, 1974 – Nov 10, 1974
Gods, Heroes, and Shepherds
19 artists · 1 curator
Mar 07, 1975 – Jun 08, 1975
Points of View
29 artists · 1 curator
Apr 18, 1975 – Jun 22, 1975
Five Recent Acquisitions
5 artists · 1 curator
May 14, 1976 – Aug 08, 1976
Prints from the Collection
30 artists
Dec 17, 1976 – Mar 01, 1977
European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II
35 artists · 1 curator
Jun 06, 1977 – Sep 06, 1977
Impresario: Ambroise Vollard
44 artists · 1 curator
Aug 09, 1979 – Nov 13, 1979
Gifts of Drawing
54 artists · 1 curator
Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980
Art of the Twenties
167 artists · 1 curator
Nov 28, 1979 – Jan 28, 1980
Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Prints
21 artists · 1 curator
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books
99 artists · 2 curators
Nov 20, 1987 – Mar 08, 1988
Master Prints from the Collection
66 artists · 1 curator
Jun 06, 1988 – Sep 06, 1988
The Modern Poster
141 artists · 1 curator
Apr 06, 1989 – Aug 08, 1989
Master Prints from the Collection
102 artists · 1 curator
Nov 16, 1989 – Mar 13, 1990
Prints: Proofs and Variants
25 artists · 1 curator