1891, Pierre Bonnard, Afternoon in the Garden -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the exhibition label: This painting, like Twilight (on view nearby), is inspired by the many summers Bonnard spent at the family home in southeastern France. Within the dense green foliage and white blossoming hydrangeas the faces of several figures emerge: the artist's grandmother, mother, father, and brother (in the straw hat), sister Andrée (with red fan), and the artist himself (at upper right). The painting is characteristic of Bonnard's early Nabis style, reflecting his love of decorative patterns and flattened perspective, aspects borrowed from his and his fellow Nabis's assimilation of techniques from Japanese ukiyo-e prints.
1891, Pierre Bonnard, Afternoon in the Garden -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the exhibition label: This painting, like Twilight (on view nearby), is inspired by the many summers Bonnard spent at the family home in southeastern France. Within the dense green foliage and white blossoming hydrangeas the faces of several figures emerge: the artist's grandmother, mother, father, and brother (in the straw hat), sister Andrée (with red fan), and the artist himself (at upper right). The painting is characteristic of Bonnard's early Nabis style, reflecting his love of decorative patterns and flattened perspective, aspects borrowed from his and his fellow Nabis's assimilation of techniques from Japanese ukiyo-e prints.