Pierre BonnardFrench, 1867–1947Woman with cat
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Woman with cat” now? Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Woman with a Cat or The Demanding Cat (French: La Femme au chat) is a 1912 oil on canvas painting by French Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947). The work depicts Marthe Bonnard and a cat climbing on to a table arranged for a meal. The influence of Japanese prints is apparent, as it often is in works by Bonnard and the other artists of the Nabis. The painting was donated by Baronnes Eva Gebhard-Gourgaud to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1965, and assigned to the Musée d'Orsay in 1977.
Details
- Accession number
- RF 1977 84
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Pierre Bonnard · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Pierre Bonnard
The whole life1908
Illustrations for a Book by Octave Mirbeau
In 1908 Bonnard illustrated a book by Octave Mirbeau and made his first extended stay in the south of France.
June 1909
Visiting Manguin in Saint-Tropez
In June 1909 Bonnard stayed with the painter Manguin at the Villa Demière in Saint-Tropez; View of Saint-Tropez, or The Alley, painted there, later formed the basis of the central panel of the Morozov triptych.
January 1910
Morozov's Commission for the Mediterranean Triptych
In January 1910 Ivan Morozov, through the Bernheim-Jeune gallery, commissioned from Bonnard a large triptych for the staircase of his Moscow mansion on Prechistenka Street.
March 1910
Solo Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune
At Bonnard's solo exhibition at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery in March 1910, Train and Barges was shown for the first time, attracting the attention of Guillaume Apollinaire.
September 1910
Trip to Saint-Tropez to Visit Paul Simon
In September 1910 Bonnard stayed in Saint-Tropez at the invitation of Paul Simon and wrote to his mother that the south had struck him like a scene from the Thousand and One Nights; he returned there in March 1911.
1918
Honorary President of the Association of Young French Artists
In 1918 Bonnard, together with Renoir, was elected honorary president of the Association of Young French Artists.
