Pierre Bonard

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Pierre Bonard (* 1943 in Lausanne ; † 2010 in Lavigny VD ) was a Swiss painter of Art brut .

life and work

Pierre Bonard was born with Down syndrome . Later he came to a clinic for epileptics .

At the age of 12, Bonard took painting lessons from the painter and sculptor Maurice Perrenoud , from whom he learned to express his inner world in pictures. After that he painted regularly, mostly in the evening. His pictures show imaginary cities, villages, palaces and temples, but also landscapes. "Over the years he has developed his own system of signs and a poetic visual language in which shapes and colors are ritualized repetition to form an expressive and self-contained whole".

A group of works by Bonard is in the museum in the warehouse in St. Gallen .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2008 Art Brut. The Collection de l'Art Brut meets the Museum im Lagerhaus / La Collection de l'Art Brut rencontre le Museum im Lagerhaus, Museum im Lagerhaus, St. Gallen (group exhibition)
  • 2015 Art from Life, FHS St. Gallen (group exhibition)
  • 2015 Art brut: Japan - Switzerland.! , Museum Gugging , Maria Gugging (group exhibition)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of Pierre Bonard on the site of the museum in the warehouse .
personal data
SURNAME Bonard, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Art Brut artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH 2010
Place of death Lavigny VD