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Choose Le Fiacre as a hand painted oil painting and skip the compromise of printed wall decor. Based on Pierre Bonnard's original. Our artists rebuild the fine art composition stroke by stroke, producing post-impressionist canvas wall art with lasting color depth.
1898
Oil on canvas
Painted in 1898, Le Fiacre dates from the artist's renowned period of Post-Impressionist painting. Following the example of Paul Gauguin and the formal characteristics of his Pont-Aven style, the artist concerned himself with the textural quality of painting, or as Denis once explained, 'expression through decorative quality, through harmony of forms and colour, through the application of pigments, to expression through subject' (quoted in Pierre Bonnard (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, p. 15). Bonnard incorporated these stylistic qualities into the present work, particularly in the way he has flattened the perspective of his composition so that all of the figures appear on an equal register. He offers in this work an eloquent and boldly modern interpretation of the bustling streets of Paris at the turn of the last century - the centre of cultural vivacity and refined elegance. Bonnard captures the dynamism of his subject in the rich tones that distinguish his groundbreaking work in the late 1890s.
The figural choreography and flattened planes of colour in this work also demonstrate Bonnard's fascination with Asian visual culture. The artist had seen several reproductions of Japanese art in the department stores around Paris and once explained his good fortune at having come across these images: '[...] I found for one or two sous thick crepe material or crushed rice paper in astonishing colours. I'm filling up my room with this na?ve and boisterous imagery. Gauguin, Serusier looked back to the past, in fact. But here, what I had in front of me, was something that was completely alive, extremely sophisticated' (quoted in Michael Terrasse, Bonnard, From the Drawings to the Paintings, Paris, 1996, p. 17). Informed by these influences extant at the end of the 19th century, Bonnard's Le Fiacre simultaneously captures the essence of Parisian life at the time while its formal qualities foretell the coming revelations of Modernism.
Our artists reproduce this fine art composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes fine art oil painting so sought after for a home office.
This is a genuine hand painted oil painting, not a canvas print. Our painters match the palette of Le Fiacre by eye and build up the fine art forms in thin layers, which is what gives the finished fine art oil painting its luminosity.
Hang this fine art oil painting above a sofa, console, or bed to give a home office 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.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 24 in | $77.98 |
| 24 X 36 in | $120.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $166.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $221.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $430.48 |
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