Tub in a Mirror 1915

Pierre Bonnard made "Tub in a Mirror" with paint on canvas, but it's the seeing part that's doing the real work here, isn't it? Look at how the brushstrokes feel like patchwork, loosely assembled to create the overall image, a method where the process is more important than the final product. I think the magic in this piece lies in the tub itself, a study in blues and greys, with its mottled surface reflecting the room around it. It’s a real lesson in how color can become an experience, a feeling. Bonnard’s not just painting a tub; he’s painting the way light dances on its surface, the way the water might feel, the quiet intimacy of a personal ritual. For me, Bonnard is like a bridge between the Impressionists and someone like David Hockney, both chronicling daily life with a similar eye for color and composition. The way they transform the mundane into something magical, making us pause and reconsider the beauty in the everyday.