1945, Pierre Bonnard, Bouquet of Mimosas -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: Bonnard's passion for the color yellow is celebrated. "One cannot have too much yellow," he saidFor him, yellow was the color of light. Preparing this still life, Bonnard must have gathered flowers and foliage from the trees behind his house Le Bosquet--the subject of Studio with Mimosa (on view nearby). By bringing them into the house, it is as if he brought the intense light of the southern sun with him.
1945, Pierre Bonnard, Bouquet of Mimosas -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: Bonnard's passion for the color yellow is celebrated. "One cannot have too much yellow," he saidFor him, yellow was the color of light. Preparing this still life, Bonnard must have gathered flowers and foliage from the trees behind his house Le Bosquet--the subject of Studio with Mimosa (on view nearby). By bringing them into the house, it is as if he brought the intense light of the southern sun with him.