Friday, July 29, 2011

Pierre Bonnard - part 3 - lithographs

    Self-portrait c1945 oil on canvas
    This is the third of a four-part post on the works of French artist Pierre Bonnard. For biographical notes and paintings, see parts one and two.
    A major figure of the Nabis movement, Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947) first gained fame for his lithographs and posters in the early 1890s, serving as inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec, among others.
    Far from academic considerations, and drawing on the clarity of Japanese prints (whence his nickname "Bonnard le Japonard"), his graphic style was spare and casual, characterised by bold design layouts, using refined tonal values and textures to evoke the bustle of urban life or the warm intimacy of an interior.
    Stone lithography was invented in 1798, and it was the first new printmaking technique to emerge in about 300 years. Stone lithography became very popular as a medium by the 1830s. People used stone lithography to create colour art for books, as well as for more pedestrian things like labels, flyers and posters.
    Stone lithography's popularity with artists came about because it was the first printmaking medium to allow the artist to naturally "paint" or "draw" onto a flat stone to create an image. The artist creates the work directly and naturally.
    The artist draws/paints on the stone with a greasy substance. For example, a litho crayon is a soft waxy/greasy crayon. There are also litho paints and pencils. The stone picks up this greasy substance and holds it.
    The stone is moistened with water. The parts of the stone not protected by the greasy paint soak up the water.
    Oil-based ink is rolled onto the stone. The greasy parts of the stone pick up the ink, while the wet parts do not.
    A piece of paper is pressed onto the stone, and the ink transfers from the stone to the paper.


    Avenue du Bois

    Boulevard

    Coin de rue

    Corbeille de fruits

    Dans la rue

    Femme dans sa baignoire

    Frontispiece pour la Lithographie en Couleurs

    Interieur

    Jeune fille dans une barque

    L'Enfante a la lampe

    La Petite Blanchisseuse

    Le Canotage

    Le Tapis Rouge

    Les Boulevards

    Maison dans la cour

    Marchand des quatre-saisons

    Nu

    Paysage de Normandie

    Place Clichy

    Rue vue d'en haut

    Scene de famile

    Scene de famile
    Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2011/07/pierre-bonnard-part-3-lithographs.html
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