Birth Year : 1867
Death Year : 1947
Country : France
Pierre Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses not far from Paris. He
was a law student before transferring to the Beaux-Arts, and he later attended
the Académie Julian. There he met Denis, Sérusier, and Vuillard,
among others, and in about 1891 he joined their group, known as the Nabis
(prophets). They called Bonnard the Japanese Nabis because of his interest
in the works of Gauguin. (who was strongly
influenced by the art of the Far East) and in the Japanese prints that
Sérusier had brought from Pont-Aven. Bonnard's earliest works were
theatrical sets, furniture decorations, screens, and posters, for he shared
a studio with the theatrical producer Lugné-Poë, and with Vuillard
and Denis. He also contributed regularly to the periodical La Revue Blanche,
made a set of lithographs based on aspects of life in Paris for Ambroise
Vollard, and did illustrations for books. He had his first exhibition of
paintings in 1896.
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