Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard (Known as "The Painter of Happiness")

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Born Oct 03, 1867

Fontenay-aux-Roses, Second French Empire

Passed Away Jan 23, 1947 Le Cannet, French Fourth Republic

Lifespan 79 years old

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"It is not about painting life, it is about bringing painting to life."

Archival Overview

French Post-Impressionist painter and founding member of Les Nabis whose dazzling, sun-soaked color harmonies and intimate bathroom scenes of his wife Marthe revolutionized modern colorism.

Biographical Record

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947 CE) abandoned a law career to co-found the Nabis with Vuillard and Denis, nicknamed 'The Very Japanese Nabi' for his radical decorative compositions.

Settling in Le Cannet on the French Riviera, he worked on multiple unstretched canvases tacked to his studio walls, transforming domestic breakfasts and baths into symphonies of iridescent yellow and violet.

Key Life Milestones

1891

France-Champagne Poster Sensation

Created his revolutionary lithograph poster for Champagne, which inspired Toulouse-Lautrec to take up lithography.

1936

The Nude in the Bath (Nu dans le bain)

Painted his transcendent canvas of Marthe submerged in shimmering turquoise bathwater reflecting southern sunlight.

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Final Resting Place

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Notre-Dame-des-Anges Cemetery
Le Cannet, France

                         GPS: 43.5786, 7.0203                    

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