Table Set in a Garden
c. 1908
Medium
oil on paper on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 49.5 x 64.7 cm (19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.) framed: 75.6 x 91.1 x 12.1 cm (29 3/4 x 35 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.8
Art Historical Context
Pierre Bonnard's *Table Set in a Garden (c. 1908) captures the artist's lifelong fascination with intimate domestic scenes bathed in dappled sunlight A leading figure in the Post-Impression group Les Nabis, Bonnard transformed everyday moments—like a luncheon table amid lush greenery—into vibrant symphonies of color and. Painted during his mature period at his home in Vernonnet, France, this work the early 20th-century shift toward modernism, blending Symbolist influences with a joyful embrace of light and nature. Executed in oil on paper mounted on canvas, the medium lends a sense of spontan...
About the Artist
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) was a French painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Post-Impressionist movement and a founding member of Les Nabis. Born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, Bonnard initially studied law at his father's insistence, graduating and briefly practicing as a barrister in 1888. However, his true passion lay in art, and he had simultaneously at...