Le Bosquet - Bonnard's studio house

Around 1904, Pierre Bonnard also discovered the Midi, visiting Saint-Tropez, where his friends Édouard Vuillard and Ker-Xavier Roussel were staying. He visited Valtat and Signac, who in the same year received visits from Matisse and Derain on their way to Fauvism. Invited by Manguin, Bonnard returned to Saint-Tropez for a longer stay in the summer of 1909, which enabled him to paint a few canvases. He continued to alternate between Paris, Normandy and the Midi until 1914.

In 1922, Bonnard...