
Bridge
1899
Structural engineering becomes artistic subject as Bonnard transforms functional architecture into a study of line, form, and urban connectivity.
- Medium
- lithograph
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Édouard Vuillard
French · b. 1868

As a fellow Nabi artist working in Post-Impressionism, Vuillard similarly used lithography to transform everyday urban and architectural subjects into flattened studies of line and pattern. His prints share Bonnard's serene, decorative approach to structural and environmental subjects.

Félix Vallotton
Swiss-French · b. 1865

Vallotton was a master printmaker in the same Post-Impressionist circle who created lithographs and woodcuts of urban architecture and bridges with a similarly bold reduction of form and strong linear quality. His cityscapes reflect the same interest in transforming functional structures into elegant graphic compositions.
Henri Rivière
French · b. 1864
Rivière produced celebrated lithograph series depicting Parisian bridges and iron architecture, most notably the Eiffel Tower, transforming structural engineering into lyrical studies of line and urban form. His work directly parallels Bonnard's approach of finding serene artistic beauty in functional architectural subjects.

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