Landscape with Olive Trees and a Chapel
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
1867-1947
Title
Landscape with Olive Trees and a Chapel
Date of Production
c. 1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 48.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 61 cm (canvas)
Width: 61 cm (canvas)
Object Number
P.1935.RF.34
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Pierre Bonnard is known primarily as a painter of interiors. Later in his career however, he
became increasingly interested in depicting landscape and, by 1935, even described himself
as having ‘acquired a landscapist’s soul’. This work may have been painted in Le Cannet in
the south of France, where Bonnard was to buy a house in 1925. The rich colours herald
the expressive freedom of his late work. His notebooks record his intense observation of
nature and a sensitivity to the changing colour effects of shadow and sunlight that are so
evident in this work.
became increasingly interested in depicting landscape and, by 1935, even described himself
as having ‘acquired a landscapist’s soul’. This work may have been painted in Le Cannet in
the south of France, where Bonnard was to buy a house in 1925. The rich colours herald
the expressive freedom of his late work. His notebooks record his intense observation of
nature and a sensitivity to the changing colour effects of shadow and sunlight that are so
evident in this work.
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : lower centre & recto : : Bonnard
Provenance
Acquired by Roger Fry from the artist by Bernheim-Jeune, 1924; Gift of the Roger Fry Trustees, 1935
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
Pierre Bonnard, Musée national des beaux-arts du Quèbec, Canada, 06/10/2016-10/01/2017
Pierre Bonnard - Magier der Farbe, Wuppertal & Germany, 12/09/2010-30/01/2011
...MoreBonnard, Musee Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Kagoshima, Japan, 15/07/2004-09/09/2004
Bonnard, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Sompo, Japan, 29/04/2004-29/06/2004
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
Pierre Bonnard Retrospective, Humlebaek & Denmark, 12/09/1992-10/01/1993
Pierre Bonnard, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1966
...LessLiterature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
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