1892, Pierre Bonnard, Twilight (The Game of Croquet) -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: In this painting, Bonnard welcomes us to his familial world-specifically the garden of Le Clos, the family's country house in southeastern France where he spent much of his childhood. The artist's sister Andrée prepares to strike a croquet ball with her mallet, accompanied by their father, in a straw hat, and another woman--perhaps their cousin, Berthe Schaedlin. Andrée's husband, composer Claude Terrasse, stands further back. The decorative shapes and flattened patterns the artist uses here were inspired by Japanese woodblock prints.
1892, Pierre Bonnard, Twilight (The Game of Croquet) -- Phillips Collection (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: In this painting, Bonnard welcomes us to his familial world-specifically the garden of Le Clos, the family's country house in southeastern France where he spent much of his childhood. The artist's sister Andrée prepares to strike a croquet ball with her mallet, accompanied by their father, in a straw hat, and another woman--perhaps their cousin, Berthe Schaedlin. Andrée's husband, composer Claude Terrasse, stands further back. The decorative shapes and flattened patterns the artist uses here were inspired by Japanese woodblock prints.