Paysage stylisé (Le Grand-Lemps)
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White and pale yellow blossoms fill the lower two-thirds of the composition, with dark green leaves and twisting dark brown branches rising through them. Behind the blossoms, a large coral-red rooftop or building with a small cupola or bell tower is visible against a pale blue sky. A large orange-pink disc — the sun or moon — hangs at the upper right. The canvas weave is visible through the thin, matte paint. The composition is deliberately flattened and decorative, influenced by Japanese prints and by the Nabis group's interest in pattern and surface. Le Grand-Lemps is the village in the Isère where Bonnard's family had a country house he painted there throughout his life, beginning in the 1890s. This is early Bonnard when he was still working in the flat, decorative style he shared with Vuillard, Denis, and Sérusier.