BALTHUS, BAZAINE, ROTHKO. Les enfants de Bonnard. Philosophie dans son enfance

dans son enfance

of their society and of their world

The exhibition designed by the BnF and the accompanying catalogue reflect the richness of his conceptual explorations – particularly around memory

creative friendship that would engender true emulation

The city rises on the side of a hill

BALTHUS, BAZAINE, ROTHKO. Les enfants de Bonnard. Philosophie dans son enfanceThis catalog, dedicated to the artistic legacy of Pierre Bonnard, highlights the uninterrupted continuity he has engendered with painters of today. Bonnard is not only "the very Japanese Nabi" but also a painter who knew how to open unknown paths, introducing through nature at the heart of his pictorial process, a new reading of modernity. Since his death in 1947, his reputation has experienced ups and downs, because this unclassifiable and unique