Parisian Landscape — Pierre Bonnard Art Postcard

Parisian Landscape looks down on the city rather than through it: tall cream Haussmann façades rise in tidy rows of shuttered windows, dark mansard roofs catching what little light the grey sky allows, while awninged shopfronts glow faintly at street level. Below, bare plane trees stand like ink strokes among a horse-drawn cab and a scatter of small dark figures crossing the boulevard, none of them more than a flick of the brush. The palette stays muted throughout, ochre and grey holding the whole view together in an overcast, wintry calm. It is Bonnard seen as an urban observer rather than an intimate painter of rooms, watching Paris go about its business from a window above. An atmospheric, city-toned card from the Pierre Bonnard collection, a natural pick for a Francophile or anyone who loves a quiet street scene.