Art prints for sale by Pierre Bonnard. French artist and printer. Prints and, lithographs for sale

Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator, and printmaker known for his stylized decorative paintings and bold use of color. As a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis, he played a significant role in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. Bonnard's early works were influenced by Paul Gauguin's work and the prints of Japanese artists like Hokusai.

Bonnard painted various subjects, including landscapes, urban scenes, portraits, and intimate domestic scenes. In his works, the backgrounds, colors, and painting style usually took precedence over the subject itself.

Born on 3 October 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, Bonnard's mother was Élisabeth Mertzdorff from Alsace, and his father, Eugène Bonnard, was a senior official in the French Ministry of War from the Dauphiné. He had a brother, Charles, and a sister, Andrée, who married composer Claude Terrasse in 1890.

Bonnard received his education at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Lycée Charlemagne in Vanves, where he showed a talent for drawing, watercolors, and caricatures. He often painted in the gardens of his parents' country home and showed a keen interest in literature. Bonnard received his baccalaureate in classics, and between 1886 and 1887, he earned his license in law and began practicing as a lawyer in 1888.

During his law studies, Bonnard attended art classes at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met future friends and fellow artists Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis, Gabriel Ibels, and Paul Ranson. In 1888, he was accepted into the École des Beaux-Arts, where he met Édouard Vuillard and Ker Xavier Roussel. He also sold his first commercial artwork, a poster design for France-Champagne, which helped him convince his family that he could make a living as an artist. His first studio was located on rue Lechapelais.

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Pierre Bonnard

1867 - 1947