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The Vase of Flowers 1922 by Pierre Bonnard is one of those images that never dates. Our studio recreates it as a hand painted oil painting — textured, color-rich, and ready to hang as canvas wall art in a bedroom, study, or reception area.
MARTHE BONNARD SUR UN DIVAN
circa 1900
Oil on card
Private Collection, France.
Marthe Bonnard sur un divan is a remarkably intimate painting of Marthe de Méligny, Bonnard’s muse and model from the mid-1890s until the end of her life. Bonnard first met Marthe in 1893 when she was working as a shop girl in Paris, and she soon became his life-long companion, although they did not marry until 1925 after the death of Bonnard’s young mistress Renée Monchaty. 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 (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964, p. 16).
Marthe appears repeatedly throughout Bonnard’s oeuvre and is almost always presented within, and as an integral component of, her domestic setting. Marthe’s dark shirt and shoes in this painting echo the divan and wallpaper. At once remote and intimate, Marthe Bonnard sur un divan exemplifies a central Nabis theme: that of the woman depicted in a domestic, interior setting, with the viewer occupying the role of voyeur, a role we are reminded of by Marthe’s vulnerable supine position. We find Marthe lost in a private moment, resting quietly and unaware of being watched. The voyeurism of the present work anticipates the artist’s later exploration of the nude in the bathroom, an interest in the unself-conscious woman in her own domestic space that he shared with Degas and Renoir.
Bonnard afforded this seemingly unremarkable activity his utmost attention, clearly besotted with this woman and interested in her every move. Sarah Whitfield remarks on the intensely personal nature of his paintings: “Yet, from the start, this modest and most discreet of men, this least public of artists made his daily life the subject of his art, observing steadily and calmly everything that was closest to him: his family, his surroundings, his companion, his animals… The moments he chooses to paint are the soothing lulls that punctuate a domestic routine” (quoted in Bonnard (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York & Tate Gallery, London, 1998, pp. 9-10).
The still life subject is rebuilt stroke by stroke in oil, giving the finished canvas the depth expected of post-impressionist oil painting wall decor.
Expect subtle, hand-made variation rather than factory uniformity. Each still life canvas is painted with oils, allowed to cure properly, and inspected before it is approved for shipment.
Wondering where still life oil painting looks best? Try a bedroom mantel, a dining room sideboard, or a hallway gallery wall. The still life subject reads clearly from a distance and rewards close viewing up near.
Order The Vase of Flowers 1922 as a hand painted oil painting on canvas and add lasting post-impressionist character to your bedroom. Custom sizes, a digital proof before dispatch, and secure worldwide shipping are included.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
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