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ArtMarch 2009 Pierre Bonnard’s late interiors by Karen Wilkin On "Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 27–April 19, 2009.
I dream of seeking the absolute,” Pierre Bonnard wrote to Henri Matisse early in November 1940. The phrase leaps off the page—for many reasons. First, there is the context. The letter dates from the years of the Second World War, when shortages and deprivations, even in the unoccupied South of France where both artists lived, made travel all but impossible. Unable to exchange their usual visits, ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 27 March 2009, on page 40 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Pierre-Bonnard-s-late-interiors-4034
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