Painting No. 9 Bonnard They are theatrically lit with

They are theatrically lit with a pink light evocative of nightlife

The canvas represents the shores of Lake Attersee in Upper Austria (Litzlberg is a village and one of the islands in the lake)

and contrasts with the dazzling whiteness of the coxswain's clothes

if not from the 20th century

the artist's wife

Painting No. 9 Bonnard They are theatrically lit withTranscendentally spare and serene, Painting No. 9 is one of the paintings begun in London and perhaps completed or retouched in New York. The network of thin horizontals and verticals is carefully balanced, thus maintaining overall unity. The ample white areas can be read as either flat surface or limitless space, and the colors, placed near the edge, draw the eye away from the center. As a result, the image hovers, as though weightless, in timeless