Pierre Bonnard
1900
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.196
Art Historical Context
**Pierre Bonnard (1900)** by Odilon Redon a striking lithograph portrait that captures the essence of fellow artist Pierre Bonnard, a key figure in the Post-Impression group Les Nabis. Created at the turn of the century, print reflects Redon's mastery of Symbolism, a movement he helped define through his dreamlike, introspective works. Though Redon is renowned for fantastical visions like floating eyes and mythical creatures in his earlier black-and-white prints, by 1900 he was increasingly portraying real subjects with a poetic intensity, bridging the ethereal and the human. Lithography, Red...
About the Artist
Odilon Redon · 1840–1916
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, and pastellist whose visionary art bridged the 19th-century Symbolist movement and 20th-century Surrealism. Born Bertrand Redon in Bordeaux on April 20, 1840, he earned the nickname "Odilon" from his mother Odile. His father, who made his fortune in the Louisiana slave trade, conceived Odilon in New Orleans before the family retu...