Pierre Bonnard: where to see him across these museums

Bonnard studied law at his father’s insistence before turning to painting at the Académie Julian, where he met Vuillard, Denis and Sérusier and joined their Nabis circle in the 1890s. With Vuillard he developed Intimism, filling canvases with domestic interiors, meals and gardens rendered in dense, glowing color rather than observed detail.

From 1893 he lived with Marthe de Méligny, who appears in several hundred of his paintings, most famously in a long series of nude bathing scenes; the couple married in 1925, at which point Bonnard learned her real name was Maria Boursin. After 1910 he split his time between Paris and the south of France, painting the Mediterranean light until his death at Le Cannet in 1947.

Bonnard paintings on display, museum by museum

Rooms and display status checked against each museum’s own collection database.

Listen to the commentary in the gallery

This list tells you where to look. In front of the actual painting, CulturAll adds the audio commentary: photograph the work or its label, listen, then ask your questions.