1935, Pierre Bonnard, Nude in an Interior -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the Phillips exhibition label: Bonnard understood that he could inspire his viewers to closer looking by grabbing their attention with a subtle visual puzzle. In Nude in an Interior, he creates a complex space that is difficult to interpret. Though his compositional strategies might initially seem baffling, Bonnard presents a domestic view as he might have encountered it, the model seen by accident, unaware.
1935, Pierre Bonnard, Nude in an Interior -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the Phillips exhibition label: Bonnard understood that he could inspire his viewers to closer looking by grabbing their attention with a subtle visual puzzle. In Nude in an Interior, he creates a complex space that is difficult to interpret. Though his compositional strategies might initially seem baffling, Bonnard presents a domestic view as he might have encountered it, the model seen by accident, unaware.