From May 24 to August 31, 2025, the Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet in Vernon hosts a remarkable exhibition dedicated to Pierre Bonnard. Entitled A Norman Arcadia (1911–1938), the show pays tribute to the famed Nabi painter, who settled in Vernonnet in 1911. It’s a rare opportunity to rediscover Bonnard’s intimate and luminous world through a selection of rare works, including two previously unseen paintings.
A dedicated exhibition to Pierre Bonnard in Vernon’s impressionist museum
Pierre Bonnard Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet — this association finds its full meaning here. In Vernonnet, in the house he called Ma Roulotte, Bonnard found endless inspiration in the Normandy countryside, painting landscapes not from life but from memory. Unlike the Impressionists who painted en plein air, Bonnard recreated sensations retrospectively, using vibrant colors and poetic compositions.
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Rare and unpublished works by Pierre Bonnard on display in Vernonnet
The Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet, the only museum in the Eure department with works by Bonnard, presents two oil paintings and two drawings of Marthe, his companion and muse. This core collection is enriched by two paintings never before shown to the public, on loan from a private collection.
- “Meadow in Vernon, View of the Seine” (1928) reveals a vibrant and dreamlike landscape framed by a curtain of bluish-green foliage. It is a near-theatrical evocation of nature, elevated by memory.
- “Still Life with a Bouquet of Flowers” (circa 1920) offers a poetic look into Bonnard’s vision of intimacy. The bouquet, bursting with life, resembles an explosion of color and energy.
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Why visit the Pierre Bonnard exhibition at the Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet?
The exhibition Pierre Bonnard in Vernonnet – A Norman Arcadia is part of the museum’s permanent narrative An Impressionist Story from Claude Monet to Pierre Bonnard. It highlights the richness of the Normandy region in shaping 20th-century artistic creation. Through an intimate curatorial approach and exceptional loans, this exhibition offers a sensitive and profound perspective on Bonnard’s artistic legacy.