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Choose Bouquet of Flowers on a Table as a hand painted oil painting and skip the compromise of printed wall decor. Based on Pierre Bonnard's original. Our artists rebuild the still life composition stroke by stroke, producing post-impressionist canvas wall art with lasting color depth.
BOUQUET DE FLEURS SUR UNE TABLE
1900
Oil on board laid down on cradled panel
Private Collection, Japan.
Bonnard wrote in 1943 that throughout his life he, “floated between intimism and decoration” (André Fermigier, Pierre Bonnard, New York, n.d., p. 80). Painted many decades earlier, at the turn of the century, the present work demonstrates Bonnard’s intimité and his ability to transform scenes of the everyday with an appeal all his own. Early in his career he achieved this effect primarily through color (see fig. 1). It has been further noted: “Bonnard shows a preference for expression in terms of color rather than in terms of light. There is no vibration of light in...Bonnard’s work, until 1909-1910...color, for Bonnard, was an end in itself” (André Fermigier, ibid., p. 14).
Described as the “last of the Impressionists,” Bonnard is often compared to Degas for his similar use of “close in, frequently raised perspective” (Nicholas Watkins, Bonnard, London, 1994, p. 7). Although unquestionably influenced by the group, Bonnard strove to exceed his predecessors’ artistic innovations. Bouquet de fleurs sur une table is particularly emblematic of Bonnard’s keen interest in presenting the familiar subject of domestic spaces in his pre-World War I oeuvre. As noted by the author Nicholas Watkins, “Bonnard concentrated on familiar motifs in order to transcend and imbue with feeling subjects which the Impressionists had treated in a ‘seemingly too objective way’” (Nicholas Watkins, ibid., p. 56).
The Japanese vase and the Japanese prints fanned across the table call to mind Bonnard's nickname: le Nabi tres Japonard, meaning “the ultra-Japanese Nabi.” Visitors to Bonnard's studio noted paintings by Hiroshige, Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, and Bonnard's well known practice of flattening the perspective and layering patterns within the interiors he favored was directly and powerfully influenced by the ukiyo-e prints that he (and many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists) loved and collected.
Every hand painted oil painting in this still life series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.
This is a genuine hand painted oil painting, not a canvas print. Our painters match the palette of Bouquet of Flowers on a Table by eye and build up the still life forms in thin layers, which is what gives the finished still life oil painting its luminosity.
Hang this still life oil painting above a sofa, console, or bed to give a living room an instant focal point. Its post-impressionist palette works with both minimalist and period interiors, and the piece also makes a considered gift for housewarmings, weddings, and art lovers.
Order Bouquet of Flowers on a Table as a hand painted oil painting on canvas and add lasting post-impressionist character to your living room. Custom sizes, a digital proof before dispatch, and secure worldwide shipping are included.
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| 24 X 36 in | $77.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $104.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $149.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $291.98 |
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