Matisse, Bonnard
Subtitle: long live painting!
By: editor, Felix Krämer
Contributors: Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947; Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main; Prestel Verlag
Publisher: Städel Museum; Prestel Verlag
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783791356327; 9783941399730
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Post-impressionism (Art); Modern Art; Exhibitions; French Art
Other titles: Long live painting!
Description: "Long live painting!" With this rallying cry, Henri Matisse, greeted his colleague Pierre Bonnard on a 1925 postcard from Amsterdam. Widely considered two of the greatest painters of French modernism, they were united by a forty-year-long friendship and a keen appreciation of each other's work. This catalogue offers fascinating insights into their artistic dialogue. Focusing throughout on their creative exchanges, it highlights their respective contributions to the development of modern art, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the Second World War. Comprising over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, the book makes palpable the many intersections between their artistic visions, and investigates their shared interest in subjects such as interiors, still life, landscape, and the nude. Scholarly essays and thematic introductions to their oeuvres provide a wealth of information on the two colleagues and friends gained from their writings and correspondence as well as archival material. Another highlight is a series of iconic photographs taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson, who visited both Matisse and Bonnard at their much-fabled houses in the South of France.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Städel Museum, September 13, 2017 - January 14, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237).

"Matisse - Bonnard. 'Long Live Painting!'" : September 13, 2017-January 14, 2018, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Text in English, translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Essays:; title: Matisse-Bonnard. "Long Live Painting!"  -- Felix Krämer; title: Finding the Pose: the Models of Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse  -- Dita Amory; title: Between Tradition and Innovation: Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard in the Mirror of the 1940s  -- Daniel Zamani; title: With Bonnard and Matisse on Côte d'Azur: the Collector Couple Hahnloser-Bühler and Their Artist Friends  -- Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold. -- Plates:; title: Interior  -- Beate Söntgen; title: Still Life  -- Iris Hasler; title: Landscape/Nature  -- Daniel Zamani; title: Women/The Nude  -- Elena Schroll; title: Works on Paper -- Jenny Graser.