Mirror play in paintings isn’t uncommon, but there can be few major artists who have returned to it repeatedly over a period of more than forty years, as did Pierre Bonnard. In this article and its sequel tomorrow I show a selection of his work featuring reflections in plane mirrors. Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), The Lamp (c 1899), oil on board, 54 x 70.5 cm, Flint Institute of Arts (Michigan), Flint, MI. The Athenaeum. The Lamp, from about 1899, …
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