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From the first sketch to the final varnish, Young Woman, Blue-green Dress is made by hand. Based on Pierre Bonnard's original. This post-impressionist oil painting wall decor is crafted on artist-grade canvas for anyone who wants portrait oil painting with the character of an original.
JEUNE FEMME, ROBE BLEU-VERT
circa 1903
Oil on canvas
Private Collection, France.
Painted circa 1903, Jeune femme, robe bleu-vert explores two themes central to Bonnard's practice: the intimate moments of everyday life and portraiture. Additionally, it marks the moment after Bonnard’s involvement with the Nabis, a group of artists and close friends who explored a subjective art that was deeply rooted in the soul of the artist. For Bonnard, his artistic soul was an extension of his perception, painting from memory rather than life. Through his practice, he would not simply capture the object, but also its essence. By the time he was done with a painting, the freshness of a scene would have long passed and transformed into a hazy memory.
In Jeune femme, robe bleu-vert, Bonnard captures what one sees when suddenly entering a room: a flood of light or an unexpected guest, maybe even both. The young girl’s distant gaze is oblique, forcing the viewer to not only study her closely, but to create a narrative around her. By doing so, Bonnard’s art makes the viewer experience both what he sees and, more importantly, what he does not see: the essence of the moment.
To achieve a feeling of immediacy in his painting, Bonnard looked to photography for inspiration. He foreshortened, cropped, and lit the sitter in a way that pushes her to the foreground, capturing a snapshot of the moment. For the artist, “the foreground…gives a concept of the world as seen through the human eyes, of a world of undulations, convex or concave” (quoted in Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors (exhibition catalogue), New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 12). In this way, Jeune femme, robe bleu-vert foreshadows Bonnard’s experimental interest in space and search for a spatial link between two realms: that of the canvas and that of reality.
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 living room.
From primer to varnish, the work is done manually on artist-grade canvas. The absence of digital printing is deliberate: it keeps the figurative brushwork visible and gives the post-impressionist oil painting wall decor a museum-like finish.
As living room wall decor, this canvas brings color and texture without visual noise. It scales well from a small study to a large living room feature wall, and it is a reliable choice when shopping for portrait oil painting as a gift.
Whether the search term is portrait oil painting, living room wall decor, or post-impressionist oil painting wall decor, this hand painted canvas delivers the same thing: a real painted surface, made to your chosen dimensions.
| 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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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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