The Pierre Bonnard renaissance
The enigmatic French painter is seen by many as a league below Matisse. But a new book proves them wrong…
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The enigmatic French painter is seen by many as a league below Matisse. But a new book proves them wrong…
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ByThe artist’s worlds are full of humour – but something else moves beneath.
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ByThe artist moved to Arles in 1888 full of optimism. The National Gallery’s major new exhibition, “Poets and Lovers”, selects…
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