Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnardwas a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate domestic scenes, for which he is perhaps best known, often include his wife Marthe de Meligny...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 October 1867
CountryFrance
drawing color feelings
Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.
vision precision seeing
The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.
painting
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
paint pleasure draws
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
art should-have practice
I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.