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1916 Begins works on four panels for the Bernheim-Jeune family (completed in1920): Pastoral Symphony or Countryside, Mediterranean or Monuments, Earthly Paradise, and Workers at the Grande Jatte or The Modern City. Makes an etching of Renoir from a photograph thought to have been taken by Monet. November, Visits Winterthur, where fifteen of his paintings are included in an exhibition of French art.

1917 October-November. Shows two decorations and nine recent paintings at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune.

1918 Bonnard and Renoir are chosen as Honorary Presidents by Le Groupement de la Jeune Peinture Française. Meets Renée Monchaty who models for him and will become his lover.

1919 Publication of two monographs: François Fosca, Bonnard (Geneva) and Léon Werth, Bonnard (Paris). Exhibits three paintings at the Salon d'Automne.

1920 Shows one painting at the Salon des Indépendants. October, Designs sets for a production by the Swedish Ballet Company of Jeux, danced by Nijinsky, with music by Débussy. Contributes to the purchase by the Louvre of Courbet's The Painter's Studio. December, Spends three months with Manguin in Saint-Tropez.next

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