The Road to Nantes

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: Framed: 92.1 x 89.9 x 7.6 cm (36 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 69.2 x 66.2 cm (27 1/4 x 26 1/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1958.17
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

The Road to Nantes — Pierre Bonnard. 1929.

Medium: oil on fabric. Dimensions: Framed: 92.1 x 89.9 x 7.6 cm (36 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 69.2 x 66.2 cm (27 1/4 x 26 1/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Bonnard probably painted this scene depicting a road on the way to Nantes, a port city on France's Atlantic coast, while touring Brittany by car in the summer of 1929. Bonnard was a founding member of the Nabis (Hebrew for prophets), a group of artists who formed in Paris during the 1890s. Inspired by Paul Gauguin, they emphasized inventive, decorative design and color liberated from natural appearances.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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