Pierre Bonnard, (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947)
L'Arc de Triomphe, Planche XI de "Quelques aspects de la vie de Paris" , 1895
Color lithograph
Haut. 29,5, Larg. 45, 5 cm
Private collection
Inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus, the Arc de Triomphe has an overall height of 50 metres (164 ft), width of 45 m (148 ft), and depth of 22 m (72 ft), while its large vault is 29.19 m (95.8 ft) high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The smaller transverse vaults are 18.68 m (61.3 ft) high and 8.44 m (27.7 ft) wide. Three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919 (marking the end of hostilities in World War I), Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane under the arch's primary vault, with the event captured on newsreel.
Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938. More on L'Arc de Triomphe
Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was
a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the
Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred
to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often
characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate domestic scenes, for which
he is perhaps best known, often include his wife Marthe de Meligny.
Bonnard has been described as "the most thoroughly
idiosyncratic of all the great twentieth- century painters", and the
unusual vantage points of his compositions rely less on traditional modes of
pictorial structure than voluptuous color, poetic allusions and visual wit.
Identified as a late practitioner of Impressionism in the early 20th century,
Bonnard has since been recognized for his unique use of color and his complex
imagery. More on Pierre Bonnard
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