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  • Dita Amory Discusses Pierre Bonnard’s Late Interiors

     

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    Dressing Table and Mirror by Pierre Bonnard, 1913

    This week I am going to feature dog art that inspires my own work.  As I mentioned, I want to create an interior/exterior piece for my February Darby collage.  No one does interiors and exteriors better than Pierre Bonnard, and he is also one of the premiere Dachshund painters in history.  I endlessly return to his Dressing Table and Mirror to study his composition, use of light, and patterns.  And, of course, his Dachshund sleeping on a brown pillow.  How does he make this work without sinking the whole piece with a brown blob in the middle?

    Poking around looking for more, I found this video (below) of Dita Amory, the associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art who mounted the 2009 Pierre Bonnard Late Interiors exhibition.  In it, she discusses her mission of "giving Pierre Bonnard his due."  She also tells a tale of a tragic love triangle and a Dachshund painting that survived his wife's destructive rage.  It is a piece I never saw before called Young Woman in the Garden…

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    Young Woman in the Garden by Pierre Bonnard, 1921

    Hopefully, you have the day off so you can take a moment (it's a little over 18 minutes) and listen to Dita Amory discuss Bonnard's overlooked place in art history, his fascinating work methods, his lover, and his wife.  If you receive this post in an email, click through to Dog Art Today to view it.

    I finally discovered the name of Bonnard's Dachshund, Poucette, which is a French female name.  I always thought it was a little guy Doxie.  Now, I'm looking anew, again.

  • Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors

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    The Dessert, 1940

    Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC on Tuesday.  Longtime Dog Art Today readers know Bonnard is one of my favorite painters.  I love his use of color, negative space, and his interest in Japanese art.  But most of all I love when his beloved brown Dachshund makes an appearance in his paintings.

    I imagine the Met's exhibition of Bonnard's drawings, paintings, and watercolors from 1923-1947 filled with Doxie works I have never seen before like The Dessert (above).  It would be thrilling to see them in person, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen so I have been searching for new discoveries online.

    I have yet to find a comprehensive review of the show, but Twitterer and recovering art director, David Ross, Tweets, "Late Bonnard at the Met equal to a walk on a sunny spring day. Quite a treat."   Sounds lovely.

    If anyone goes and finds more dogs let me know.  I collected many of them here.  Read more about Bonnard's late interiors at ArtDaily.  Information at the Met's website.  The exhibit runs until April 19, 2009.

    P.S.  Doesn't The Dessert remind you of this David Douglas Duncan photo of Picasso and Lump, the little brown Doxie at his master's elbow…

  • Pierre Bonnard’s Late Interiors at the Met

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    Before Dinner, 1924

    Day 11 of my Dog Art Gift Guide:  A trip to the Met to see Pierre Bonnard's Late Interiors.  Yes, this is probably a fantasy gift unless you live in NYC, but a girl can dream.

    The exhibition runs from January 27 – April 19, 2009.   Click here for more information.


    Related links:
    Pierre Bonnard's Dachshunds
    Bonnard's Dog Art Still Needs a Home

  • Bonnard’s Dog Art Still Needs a Home

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    Les Boutiques, boulevard des Batignolles by Pierre Bonnard, 1911

    Carol Vogel of the New York Times reports last night was a bleak night at Christie's in both sales and prices.  It seems the economic meltdown has hit the auction season. She writes:

    "In a hushed salesroom at Christie’s on Wednesday night, works by a wide range of artists, from Manet, Cézanne and Renoir to Rothko and de Kooning, failed to sell, and prices for things that did find buyers often went for far less than what they would have a year ago. " (more)

    One of the pieces that failed to find a home was Pierre Bonnard's Les Boutiques, boulevard des Batignolles which was estimated at $1,000,000 – $1,500,000.  Given the anticipation for the Metropolitan's January 2009 exhibition, Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors, it may be surprising this "Japonized Nabi" vertical painting did not sell. 

    Christie's calls it "muted," but I think it is just too muddy for a million dollars.  In these bargain basement times, I would wait for a Bonnard late interior (1923 – 1947) when he was painting in the dazzling light of southern France, not winter in Paris.  And, of course, I would wait for his Dachshund to make an appearance!

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    The Bathroom by Pierre Bonnard, 1932

    Speaking of the dazzling light of southern France, descendants of Bonnard's second cousin, the late Robert Saums of Hoepwell, New Jersey, recently introduced a new line of paint inspired by their famous French family member.  It is available through their store Saums Interiors.

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    They also offer copies of his work and design advice to help you create a Bonnard interior in your home. Brilliant!

    Related Links:
    Pierre Bonnard's Dachshunds