"La Revue Blanche" by Pierre Bonnard

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The paper relates that Pierre Bonnard's 1894 "La Revue Blanche" (The White Review) was a poster designed to promote a Parisian periodical that published work by cutting-edge writers of the late 19th century. The paper describes the two figures of a woman and a dwarf in the drawing and their significance. The paper asserts that Bonnard's work is still powerful today due to his stylistic composition and the unique and haunting nature of his figures.

From the Paper:

"Bonnard's primary aesthetic influences were Japanese woodblock prints which accounts for the flat textures and perspective of La Revue Blanche (The White Review). The print shows the beautiful, detailed face of a beautiful female Parisian aristocrat with pale eyes and a shapely nose that casts an alluring, slightly off-center and mysterious gaze at a point just slightly off-center from the viewer's position in relation to the print. Her slender form and thick black ruffled coat are flat and black and evidently from the ink of a woodprint. They stand in stark and striking contrast to her detailed face. Her towering hat is a similar contrast in darkness and light, starkness and detail. The hat is only a vague shape but the small white flowers are extremely well-crafted and detailed."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brenson., Michael. "Review/Art; Bonnard's Graphics Illuminate His Entire Output." 6 Dec 1989. The New York Times. 4 Mar 2008. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDB1F3AF935A35751C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
• Wye, Deborah. Artists and Prints: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004, p. 32. Excerpted by Susan Suzuki. "Pierre Bonnard La Revue blanche (The White Review). 1894." MoMa.org. 2007. 4 Mar 2008. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A2&page_number=18&template_id=1&sort_order=1

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