"Almost invariably he recognizes the precise point where his voluptuousness may be getting out of hand, where he needs to introduce an ironic note. Bonnard's wit has everything to do with the eccentric nature of his compositions. He finds it funny to sneak a figure into a corner, or have a cat staring out at the viewer. His metaphoric caprices have a comic edge, as when he turns a figure into a pattern in the wallpaper. And when he imagines a basket of fruit as a heap of emeralds and rubies and diamonds, he does so with the panache of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat."
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Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and print-maker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as his reference for painting; The intimate domestic scenes, for which he is perhaps best known, often include his wife .
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