Image: Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Enfant mangeant des cerises (détail), 1895, Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Collection, D.1773. National Gallery of Ireland Collection. Presented, in memory of May Guinness, 1982, NGI.4356. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland; Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940), La Soupe d’Annette (détail), 1900-1901, Paris, musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, en dépôt au musée de l’Annonciade, Saint-Tropez, AM 3842 P. Photo © F. Joncour
Musée des impressionnismes Giverny will present ‘Bonnard - Vuillard. Abolir le hasard’ from 26 March to 4 July 2027.
The exhibition examines the artistic fraternity of Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard, from their meeting in 1889 until Vuillard’s death in 1940. Both artists identified early with a shared position within the Nabis.
The presentation will consider their affinities and differences through several major themes, before tracing their development during the 20th century. It frames their later work as distinct artistic paths that remained in dialogue.
Cyrille Sciama, director general of Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and chief heritage curator, and Mathias Chivot, head of the Vuillard-Roussel archives and a specialist in the Nabis, are curating the exhibition. The Musée d’Orsay is providing exceptional support.
Illustrations associated with the exhibition include Bonnard’s ‘Enfant mangeant des cerises’ (1895), in the National Gallery of Ireland Collection, Dublin, and Vuillard’s ‘La Soupe d’Annette’ (1900–01), held by the Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and deposited at the Musée de l’Annonciade in Saint-Tropez.
