The Port of Cannes by Pierre Bonnard - 1927 - - private collection The Port of Cannes by Pierre Bonnard - 1927 - - private collection

The Port of Cannes

oil on canvas • -
  • Pierre Bonnard - October 3, 1867 - January 23, 1947 Pierre Bonnard 1927

Bonnard was a talented artist with a gift for portraying color and light in his paintings. Floating, color-filled objects were a typical element in his paintings. In 1926, Bonnard moved to Le Cannet, off the coast of Côte d’Azur in Southern France, a few miles north of the resort destination of Cannes. He was entranced by the light in the South of France, and created over 300 paintings during his stay along the Mediterranean coast. The painting depicts an incoming storm, with gray billowing clouds quickly moving toward the boats along the shore, their wooden masts creating the bleak silhouette of a forest of mast poles.