BONNARD, Pierre
(b. 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses, d. 1947, Le Cannet)

Self-Portrait

1889
Oil on canvas
Private collection

Bonnard graduated when he was 21, and he was sworn in as a barrister in 1889. In the meantime, he was already drawing and painting, having enrolled at the Académie Julian, Paris, in 1887. In an attractive Self-portrait of 1889 (private collection), he depicted himself not in barrister's robes but as a young painter, holding a palette.




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