Talk: Bonnard at the Window

French painter Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) found inspiration in the natural spaces, intimate interiors, and people that surrounded him in his homes and on his travels through Paris, Normandy, and the French Riviera. His paintings—glowing with intense colors and flooded with light—bring us into the most fascinating corners of those worlds. Throughout his career, Bonnard was fascinated with windows and how they unite the interior with the exterior. This feature is perhaps most beautifully expressed in Dining Room in the Country, where Marthe de Méligny, Bonnard’s wife, leans on the outside of a windowsill and looks into a room.

George Shackelford, curator of the recent exhibition “Bonnard’s Worlds,” explores the use and meaning of this motif, one of the most fascinating in the artist’s long career.

Tickets available April 1.