Artist

Bonnard, Pierre

Title

Auguste Renoir

Technique

etching

Date

1916

Dimensions

32.5 height x 25.1 width

Type

print

Accession Number

2020.16.20

Collection

Permanent Collection

Gift of Alan and Elizabeth Bell

Pierre Bonnard (French: [b na ]; 3 October 1867 – 23 January 1947) was a French painter, illustrator, and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. He was a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, and his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, and the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. He 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.