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Nothing softens a hallway like a painted surface. Nudes Reflecting in an Ice by Pierre Bonnard arrives as a hand painted oil painting on canvas, offering the figurative detail, soft gradients, and tactile finish that portrait oil painting shoppers look for.
NUS SE REFLéTANT DANS UNE GLACE
circa 1907
Oil on board laid down on cradled panel
Private Collection, Germany.
The central figure for this work is Marthe de Méligny, Bonnard's muse and model from the mid-1890s until the end of her life. Bonnard had met Marthe in Paris in 1893, and although they did not marry until 1925, she was his constant companion until her death in 1942. According to Charles Terrasse, the artist's nephew, "It is [Marthe] who appears in his pictures, early and later, more than anyone else: a woman of beautiful bodily proportions and peculiar gesture, fleeting and free, of which the great observer's eye would always catch a gesture, a movement, or an undulation in the light" (Charles Terrasse, Bonnard and his Environment, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964, p. 16). Thadée Nathanson, Bonnard's friend and influential owner of the Parisian literary magazine La Revue Blanche, described the appearance of Marthe with the painter: "Close to him, in exiguous quarters, we saw fluttering that young woman, then still a child, with whom he spent his life. She already had, and kept, her wild look of a bird, her movement on tiptoe as though winged" (ibid., p. 16).
At the end of the 19th century Bonnard first explored the theme of the female nude in a series of oil paintings that resonated with an explicit eroticism unique in his work. The emotional charge of these works continued to inform his later nudes, becoming the central feature of the interiors he painted during the 1910s, as in the present work.
Our artists reproduce this figurative composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes portrait oil painting so sought after for a hallway.
Expect subtle, hand-made variation rather than factory uniformity. Each figurative canvas is painted with oils, allowed to cure properly, and inspected before it is approved for shipment.
Wondering where portrait oil painting looks best? Try a hallway mantel, a dining room sideboard, or a hallway gallery wall. The figurative subject reads clearly from a distance and rewards close viewing up near.
In short: Nudes Reflecting in an Ice - Pierre Bonnard - Canvas Wall Art combines a post-impressionist composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for portrait oil painting and hallway wall art.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $68.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $106.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $146.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $195.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $379.98 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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