House among trees: 2378

Current Location: In storage

Titles

House among trees

Maker(s)

Painter: Bonnard, Pierre

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: With Messrs. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; (?) with the Independent Gallery, London (P.M. Turner)

Measurements and weight

Height: 48.6 cm
Width: 42.2 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1939) by Hindley Smith, Frank

Dating

Production date: AD 1918

Note

The house represented is the villa 'Ma Roulotte' ('My Gipsey Caravan'), at Vernonnet near Vernon (Eurer), which was bought by the artist in 1912, so-called on account of its shape.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: Bonnard
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: Landscape, L. Bonnard, F. Hindley Smith
Location: Verso
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. I, French, German and Spanish page(s): 150

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2378
Primary reference Number: 2320
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 June 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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