Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia

There are many color reproductions of works I had not seen before, and some seen only in black and white. Some of the repros seem a bit pale. I say this having seen his large retrospective in New York a few years ago. The book also indulges in something MOMA would seemingly never do: splitting a horizontal repro between two pages so you cannot see the image flat as a rectangular whole. I hate that practice...very disrespectful!The text is mediocre, abounding in hazy generalities and multiple cultural references, especially French ones. If you have read the MOMA catalog by Elderfield and Whitfield, or any other penetrating studies of his work you will be disappointed.There is a voluminous section on Bonnard's photography, which for me does not add to an appreciation of his paintings. A section on his drawings would have been more appropriate. The works are not in anything like chronological order, and the authors/sponsors seem proud of this. For me this is not helpful. In short the organization of topics seems random and scattershot. I would give it 3 stars were it not for the glory of his work.

The quality of reproduction varies considerably. I would have liked to see more reproductions of Bonnard's magical late paitings.

It's rare to find an art book that does justice to the artist's work. This book is excellently curated with fantastic reproductions of Bonnard's work.

A very short review to say that many, if not most, of the color reproductions are terrible. It seems that old color plates were used. (to save money?) No excuse today to publish an expensive art book which does no justice to this remarkable painter. This book has been filed away on my bookshelves until I decide what to do with it. So disgusted that I have not read any of the essays.

Beautiful pictures, drawings. It was a gift for my BF. He loved it!!

It tells about his entire painting career but it didn't show some of my favorite paintings of his

Gorgeous color illustrations as well as very well done commentary.

It seems a very complete book.

Good quality reproduction + interesting biographical notes.

Perfect

ピエールボナールの画集を買うにあたり、色んなレビューを読んでこちらが最も良さそうだと思い、購入しました。装丁やデザインの色味まで、ピエールボナールにとてもピッタリだと思います。絵画作品はもとより、ボナールの撮った写真なんかも載っていて、大満足です。全編英語なので、解説がどうなのかよく分かりませんが、日本語訳バージョンが出そうにもないので少しずつ読むつもりです。

Superb quality - the best colour reproductions I have seen. Comprehensive in all aspects.

thanks