02/10/2026
This is one of three paintings in our collection by the French artist Pierre Bonnard, who was born 159 years ago this weekend.
🍴This lunch scene is set in his country house at Vernonnet in the Seine valley. The woman in red is Marthe de Méligny, Bonnard’s muse, model, and future wife – her distinctive red blouse features in a number of paintings he painted around the same time. The man is thought to be Bonnard himself. Their relaxed poses along with casual table setting and crumpled napkin give a sense of warmth and intimacy.
🧐 See it in Room 2 the next time you visit us, alongside two other paintings by Bonnard. Admission to our permanent collection is always free.
Tá an saothar seo ar cheann de thrí phictiúr inár mbailiúchán leis an ealaíontóir Francach Pierre Bonnard, a rugadh 159 bliain ó shin an deireadh seachtaine seo.
🍴 Feictear radharc lóin ina theach tuaithe i Vernonnet, i ngleann na Séine. Is í Marthe de Méligny– bé, mainicín agus beanchéile Bonnard ina dhiadih sin – atá ag caitheamh an blús dearg, rud a fheictear i bpictiúr eile a phéinteáil sé i rith an tréimhse céanna. Ceaptar gurb é Bonnard féin an fear sa phictiúr. Cruthaíonn a staidiúir shuaimhneach, mar aon leis an socrú boird neamhfhoirmiúil agus an naipcín rocach, atmaisféar teolaí agus pearsanta.
🧐Is féidir an pictiúr a fheiceáil i Seomra 2, taobh le dhá phictiúr eile le Bonnard, an chéad uair eile a thabharfaidh tú cuairt orainn. Bíonn cead isteach chuig ár mbailiúchán buan saor in aisce i gcónaí.
🖼 Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Le Déjeuner, 1923.
