{"product_id":"bonnard-9780714828954","title":"Bonnard","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierre Bonnard (1867-1947) is acknowledged as one of the great masters of twentieth-century painting. Best-known as a painter of intimate  domestic interiors  he was also a highly accomplished draughtsman and graphic artist who produced a wealth of drawings and lithographs. In fact Bonnard began his career as a graphic artist  producing posters and illustrations for such magazines as La Revue Blanche. Associated with Maurice Denis  Edouard Vuillard and other members of the Nabis group from 1890  his early work is characterized by a tendency towards broad  flat colour and asymmetrical composition derived from Gauguin and from Japanese prints. From 1900 his palette became richer and his subject-matter settled into a range of obsessive themes - principally landscapes  nudes and interiors - in which he explored ever more complex formal problems and developed an unparalleled mastery of colour and light. His mature work achieves a level of dazzling intensity which has ensured his enduring reputation as one of the twentieth centurys great colourists. In this important reassessment of Bonnards life and work  Nicholas Watkins argues that Bonnard was not a sentimental survivor of impressionism as some have claimed  but a highly demanding and innovative artist responding to new formal challenges. Paintings  graphic work and sketches are comprehensively reproduced and examined in depth  providing a definitive study of this highly influential but frequently misunderstood artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651729580085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714828955","price":75.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780714828954.jpg?v=1781838479","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/bonnard-9780714828954","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}