Post-Impressionism

  An art movements is described as a style or way of doing art since late 19th to mid of 20th century period of time which is subtly or distinctly different than another movement of art. An art movement is a tendency of style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time which usually a few years or months. 

 

Pierre Bonnard

   Pierre Bonnard ( 3rd October 1867 - 23 January 1947 ) was a french painter and printmaker, as well as a member of Les Nabis. In 1891 he met Toulouse-Lautrec and began his journey as an artist. His first show was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1896. In his twenties, he was a part of Les Nabis, a group of young artists committed to creating work of symbolic and spiritual nature.

   Bonnard is known for his intense use of color, especially via areas built with small brushmarks and close values.

Bonnard's artwork :

Table setting under the lamp

French window

The dinning room in the country

Place clichy

Table set in a garden

Women in the garden

  The effect of Japonaisme on Bonnard did not immediately lead to the use of the brilliant colours of his later work but rather to the flattening of forms, through limited modelling of the figure, and of space by distorting perspective and exploiting “decorative” elements such as fabrics or wallpaper. This is well illustrated by the four panels of Women in the Garden.

Elements of design:

Lines :

Used 3 vertical lines to separate 4 different types of women in the garden. Besides that, lines with different structure used to create body figure for the women.

Shapes :

Circle being drawn as polka dots for the dress style of the 1st women. Square used for the dress texture of the 3rd women. Other than that, not much fixed or clarify in shapes in the artwork above.

Value :

Light color and dark color used to produce how colorful a world can be with the nature.

Color: 

Green used as the color of the leaves and brown for the roots and branches and vary color being used.

Texture: 

Visual texture

Alignment:

Vertical alignment to paint from the 1st women till the 4th women from left to right.

Principles of Design:

Harmony:

Harmony is obviously present in this artwork because the artist used the color which close to the real world.

Scale:

Overall size

Hierarchy

Balance:

Balance of color uses in every single women.