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At the Theatre — Pierre Bonnard

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Written by: Kerem TekinResearcher · Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 54519
Pierre Bonnard

At the Theatre

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byCleveland Museum of Art
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Artist / MakerPierre Bonnard
Date1899
Culture / OriginFrance, 19th century
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsSheet: 40.4 x 53.1 cm (15 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.); Image: 21 x 40 cm (8 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
DepartmentPrints
TypePrint
About the Artist

Pierre Bonnard was a law student when he began his artistic training in 1887 at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met Paul Sérusier (1864-1927) and the theorist and painter Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Both would be influential in his artistic career and become Bonnard's lifelong friends. In 1889, the year he obtained his law degree, he saw the exhibition at Café Volpini (see Gauguin, Woman in the Waves, no. 100) and was particularly impressed with Gauguin's work. Sérusier, after… Full biography →

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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.

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