Bonnard Week - Six

And this dove—which I've gazed at rapturously at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and at an exhibition in Paris.  The world travels of Bonnards have fascinated me no end.

The artist says of his incandescent colors:  "It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values."

image:  Pierre Bonnard, The Palm