Frases célebres de Pierre Bonnard
“Uno habla de rendirse ante la naturaleza, pero también se puede rendirse ante el cuadro.”
Fuente: Bonnard, Pierre; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Amory, Dita et al. (en inglés). Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors, pp. 3-5. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. ISBN 1588393089, 9781588393081. https://books.google.es/books?id=F6KreilPc8oC&q=Frailty#v=snippet&q=Frailty&f=false En Google Books. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2019.
“Mejor aburrirse solo que acompañado.”
Fuente: Forn, Juan. «Madame se está bañando (otra vez).» 15 de abril de 2016. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/contratapa/13-296980-2016-04-15.html Página/12. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2019.
Fuente: Diario (1938)
Pierre Bonnard: Frases en inglés
Dita Amory, in Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009 - ISBN 978-0-300-14889-3, p. 4
Bonnard started to paint usually on an unstretched canvas
quoted by his brother-in-law Claude Terrasse, in 'Introduction' of Pierre Bonnard, John Rewald; MoMA - distribution Simon & Schuster, New York, 1918
quoted in Bonnard; by Sarah Witfield and John Elderfield; Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1998 - ISBN 0-8109-4021-3, p. 9
Bonnard did not paint from life but rather drew his subject and made notes on the colors. He then painted the canvas in his studio from the sketches and his notes
in his letter to Lugné-Poë, End of 1890; as quoted in Pierre Bonnard, by John Rewald; MoMA - distribution, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1918, p. 17 - note 11
Lugné-Poe was just called then in the French army; Bonnard had left the army already, c. one year ago
letter to his grandmother, c. 1883; as cited in Pierre Bonnard, by John Rewald; MoMA -distribution, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1918, p. 12 (note 1)