Bonnard

American  

[baw-nar] / bɔˈnar /

noun

1. Pierre 1867–1947, French painter.

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Bonnard British  

/ bɔnar /

noun

1. Pierre (pjɛr). 1867–1947, French painter and lithographer, noted for the effects of light and colour in his landscapes and sunlit interiors

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Example Sentences

In a dozen museums across the country, I looked for Rembrandt’s portraits, Bonnard’s landscapes, and Georgia O’Keeffe’s flowers.

From Salon

The works returned to the heir, Andy Reichsman, this week include two paintings from the National Museum of Modern Art, André Derain’s “Still Life With a Bottle” and Maurice de Vlaminck’s “Landscape by the Water,” as well as lithographs by Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Pierre Bonnard from the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

From New York Times

He hung around the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a kid — sometimes sneaking in — and came to love paintings like Bonnard’s “Before Dinner,” Hopper’s “From Williamsburg Bridge” and Bertold Löffler’s “Youth Playing the Pipes of Pan.”

From New York Times

She began private lessons with a fugitive Hungarian Jewish painter, Endre Rozsda, and attended classes at the Académie Julian, which numbered Matisse, Bonnard, Léger and Duchamp among its alumni.

From New York Times

Bonnard and Bekhti both ground their performances in a knowing realism.

From New York Times