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The Dessert

1921

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 114.6 x 117.5 x 7.9 cm (45 1/8 x 46 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 80 cm (30 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.18
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
223 20th Century Avant-Garde
Print
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In this painting Pierre Bonnard gives us a colorful glimpse of an intimate dinner scene at the beginning of the 2. He places us close to the figures and a little bit higher, as if we were just standing to leave the table, allowing the viewer to imagine being part of the scene.

Description

This domestic scene depicts a woman at a dining table accompanied by a young man at whose side is a small dog, just visible at the edge of the table. The woman is the artist’s wife, Marthe. The boy has been identified as Ari Redon, the son of artist Odilon Redon; and the dachshund is the Bonnard family pet, Poucette. The painting explores the simple pleasures of daily life—a shared meal, quiet companionship—enriched through the application of glowing, sensual color.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a woman and a man at a table with a white cloth. From our left to our right, the woman with light skin tone rests her face in her hands while the man with medium skin tone sits and smokes. Behind them, a wooden sideboard holds vases of flowers against a reddish-brown wall. Thick, impressionistic brushstrokes are visible across the entire composition.

The Dessert

1921

Pierre Bonnard

(French, 1867–1947)
France, 20th century

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