Woman with a Cat (Bonnard)

Woman with a Cat
Artist	Pierre Bonnard
Year	1912
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	78 cm × 77.5 cm (31 in × 30.5 in)
Location	Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman with a Cat or The Demanding Cat (French: La Femme au chat) is a 1912 oil on canvas painting by French Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947). The work depicts Marthe Bonnard, Bonnard's mistress, and a cat climbing on to a table arranged for a meal. The influence of Japanese prints is apparent, as it often is in works by Bonnard and the other artists of the Nabis.^[1] The painting was donated by Baronnes Eva Gebhard-Gourgaud to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1965, and assigned to the Musée d'Orsay in 1977.^[2]

References

1. Guide to the Musee d'Orsay 1987, p. 248.
2. Musée d'Orsay 2023.

Bibliography

• Guide to the Musee d'Orsay. Ministére de la Culture et de la Communication. Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. 1987. p. 248. ISBN 2711821234

External links

• Description at the Musée d'Orsay.