Mar 16, 2025
Sunlight
Artist: Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947)
Date: 1923
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Description
The present landscape shows a view of the garden of "Ma Roulotte", the artist's house in Normandy, a garden that grew wild in a woodland profusion. In the foreground there is a winding path with a cat, humorously indicating the scale of the tall trees. In the background, glimpsed through the foliage, is the river, a tributary of the Seine which the artist used to explore in his boat.