A Study on the Expression of Subjectivity in Pierre Bonnard’s Scene Oil Paintings
WANG Honggan  DU Tingting

Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 830002；

Abstract: Pierre Bonnard was one of the painters of the Nabi School, deeply influenced by Futurism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Symbolism, forming a unique style of scene oil painting. Based on the theoretical origin and life experience of Bonnard’s scene painting creation, this paper further analyzes the individualized painting language that the painter presented in his scene oil paintings. The study also interweaves the philosophical concepts of Bergson, the phenomenology of Husserl, and the theory of Expressionism. On this basis, combined with the author’s own reflection on scene oil painting practice, it further explains the subjective expression of the picture based on the phenomenon of consciousness itself.

Keywords: Bonnard; subjectivity; oil painting language; scene painting

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