Marthe Bonnard taken by Pierre

As many of us probably remember, French post-impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard loved to depict naked women in the bathtub (a small collection of his nudes can be found here - careful, Russian). Evidently, his wife, Marthe Bonnard, was the artist's model in most cases. She used to spend many hours a day in a bath full of water hoping it'll cure her illness. And Pierre addictively portrayed her, but not the mature woman she became in the 1930-s. He depicted a young girl he remembered she was at the beginning of their love and that image would replace for him the sad reality.

Photos of Marthe taken by Pierre Bonnard in 1900-1901.