1899
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Houses in the Courtyard is a 1899 by Pierre Bonnard, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a quiet courtyard with colorful houses and a few people going about their day. Bonnard uses flat colors and soft lines to make the scene feel warm and cozy. It’s not a fancy palace view—just everyday life in Paris. Bonnard often painted from his window, watching neighbors shop or stroll. He liked small moments over big landmarks. This print is part of a set sharing the same scene. See this in person at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This suite of color lithographs collected Pierre Bonnard’s observations of city life, ranging from animated street scenes to distant observations glimpsed from the artist’s Montmartre studio window. Rather than memorializing the famous monuments of Paris, Bonnard preferred to depict small neighborhood scenes populated by urbanites shopping and strolling and by vendors selling their wares. The setting for one of the prints is the second-largest public park in Paris, the Bois de Boulogne, which was a popular place for families to relax, stroll, and enjoy carriage rides around the lakes. Two…
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Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color.
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