Woman in a Landscape
- Artist: Pierre Bonnard
- Creation date: Ca. 1914
About
On a bright summer’s day, a sweeping panorama of a Mediterranean landscape can be seen from a verdant garden. A table beneath a tree has been set with a tablecloth, a tureen, and a basket full of cherries; next to the table on the left, a woman in white rests in a reclining chair, while on the right a cat seems to have sought refuge in the shade.
The painting is unusually narrow and elongated, and the principal elements have been bunched together in the foreground. Even though the perspective is clearly indicated in the chair and the table, the painting’s two-dimensional, decorative nature is underscored by the vigorous brushstrokes and vibrant colours that have been painted in delimited, rhythmical sections. Green, blue, and yellow tones predominate, with contrast provided by the reddish hues in the tablecloth pattern and the berries in the basket.
Pierre Bonnard worked as a painter, illustrator, and poster designer. As a painter he refined the legacy of impressionism, both in his choice of motifs and in his techniques. He managed nonetheless to develop an idiosyncratic style that combined the impressionist idiom with a more abstract, surface-based style, inspired in particular by Paul Gauguin and Japanese woodcuts.
After moving from Paris to Normandy and later on to Provence, Bonnard tended to paint scenes of quotidian life from in and around his house and his garden. At the time he painted Woman in a Landscape, he was also working on several private commissions for decorative work. For such commissions he often used large canvases to depict idyllic, summery scenes and pastoral visions of people and animals in harmony with nature.
- Creation date:
- Ca. 1914
- Other titles:
- Kvinne i landskap (NOR)
Femme dans un Paysage (FRE)
La sieste au jardin (FRE)
Femme dans un paysage (FRE) - Object type:
- Painting
- Materials and techniques:
- Olje på lerret
- Material:
- Canvas
- Dimensions:
- Width: 249 cm
- Height: 100.5 cm
- Keywords:
- Visual art
- Classification:
- 532 - Bildende kunst
- Motif - type:
- Landscape
- Inventory no.:
- NG.M.01643
- Cataloguing level:
- Single object
- Acquisition:
- Gift from the Friends of the National Gallery 1931
- Owner and collection:
- Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, The Fine Art Collections
- Photo:
- Børre Høstland/Høstland, Børre
- Exhibition(2003–2004)
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Other works by Pierre Bonnard
Flower VasePierre Bonnard(1938)
Akt i interiørPierre BonnardAntakelig 1917
Katt på bordPierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1930) (plate) / (1930) (trykk)
Avenue du BoisPierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
Street CornerPierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
L'ESTAMPE et L'AFFICHE - REVUE D'ARTPierre Bonnard, Édouard Pelletan1897
Cover for the album "Some Scenes of Parisian Life"Pierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
Street Scene from abovePierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
House in a CourtyardPierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
The BridgePierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
PrintPierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)
Street Corner senn from abovePierre Bonnard, Ambroise Vollard(1899) (plate) / (1899) (trykk)







































