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Pierre BonnardFrench, 1867–1947The Violet Fence
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About the work
This drawing relates to a painting of the same title, part of a large group of sketches and canvases that Pierre Bonnard created while living in the small French town of Vernon. The artist purchased a home there in 1912 and drew inspiration from a dense garden that grew nearby. In this sheet, Bonnard experimented with recording the picket fence for which the final painting was named, translating the landscape using jagged, sketchy lines that he later realized as loose and expressive brushstrokes with vivid color.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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- 2020.126
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- Image: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Pierre Bonnard
The whole life1923–1924
Illustrations for Books by Claude Anet and André Gide
In the 1920s Bonnard produced illustrations for a book by Claude Anet (1923) and a book by André Gide (1924); in 1923 he also showed works at the Salon d'Automne.
1924
Retrospective at the Galerie Druet
In 1924 Bonnard was honored with a retrospective of sixty-eight works at the Galerie Druet.
1925
Marriage to Marthe
In 1925 Bonnard married Marthe de Méligny, with whom he had lived since 1893.
1925
Purchase of a House in Le Cannet
In 1925 Bonnard bought a house on the Côte d'Azur, in Le Cannet.
c. 1925
Death of Renée Monchaty
Shortly after Bonnard's marriage to Marthe, Renée Monchaty — his former lover and the model for a number of his paintings — took her own life.
