Pierre Bonnard (1902): Art, History and Details

Pierre Bonnard (1902) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916); Blanchard.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Later in life, Odilon Redon turned to portraiture, creating likenesses of both commissioned sitters and his close friends. This print represents a figure central to his artistic and social milieu: Pierre Bonnard was a younger artist who admired Redon’s emphasis on interior states. Redon depicted only the head and profile of his subject, sketching Bonnard with fine and delicate detail. He produced just a small number of impressions of the lithograph, accentuating its personal and intimate theme.

Object facts

• Title: Pierre Bonnard
• Date: 1902
• Creator attribution: Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916); Blanchard
• Culture: France, early 20th Century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Dimensions: Image: 14.5 x 12.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1955.508

A detail from the museum

Pierre Bonnard once said of Redon: “All of our generation fell under his charm and received his advice.”

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

View the collection record

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