Bonnard et le Japon. Proche et Moyen Orient Volume 1 and Volume 2

Volume 1 and Volume 2

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The author illustrates his point with an exceptional selection of copies chosen from the finest public and private collections

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his works from the 1910s and 1920s were partly destroyed by the Nazi regime

Bonnard et le Japon. Proche et Moyen Orient Volume 1 and Volume 2Pierre Bonnard (1867 1947) considered Japanese prints as an essential model for his commitment to modernity. These images, from a distant land, taught him new aesthetic principles that transformed his artistic practice. The French painter shared with the great masters of Japanese prints a sensitivity to human beings, nature, and animals, as well as a shared interest in the representation of everyday life combined with a certain fantasy. Through a