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The Breakfast Room

A keen observer of the mundane routines of domestic life, Bonnard simultaneously conveys both familiar intimacy and isolating distance in the shared space of this cheerful breakfast room. While the vantage point implies a place for the viewer across from the seated woman, the austere jutting wedge of the white tablecloth and the placement of the basket of fruit set her apart. Moreover, with her head and shoulders bowed over her cup, the woman stirs her drink with meditative self-absorption. Bonnard further underscores the detachment of the figures with the turned back of the retreating child.


• Artist: Pierre Bonnard, French, 1867-1947
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Place Made: France
• Dates: ca. 1925
• Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 42 1/2 in. (65.4 x 108 cm) Frame: 33 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 4 in. (85.1 x 128.3 x 10.2 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower right: "Bonnard"
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Beaux-Arts Court, West, 3rd Floor
• Accession Number: 43.202
• Credit Line: Frank L. Babbott Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and the A. Augustus Healy Fund
• Image: Overall, 43.202_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947). The Breakfast Room, ca. 1925. Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 42 1/2 in. (65.4 x 108 cm) Frame: 33 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 4 in. (85.1 x 128.3 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and the A. Augustus Healy Fund, 43.202 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.202_SL1.jpg)