{{Short description|French painter}} thumb|200px|Marthe Bonnard, in a portrait by Édouard Vuillard '''Marthe Bonnard''' (born 22 February 1869 in Saint-Amand-Montrond - died 26 January 1942 in Le Cannet) was a French painter best known as the muse, mistress and later wife of Pierre Bonnard.<ref name="Libération - 19 août 2020 - Une vie en héritage (28/36) La manne d’œuvres des sœurs Bowers">{{cite news |last1=Roussel |first1=Frédérique |title=Une vie en héritage (28/36) La manne d'œuvres des sœurs Bowers |url=https://www.liberation.fr/arts/2020/08/19/la-manne-d-oeuvres-des-soeurs-bowers_1797202/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |work=Libération |date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
Marthe Bonnard was born as '''Maria Boursin''', and met Bonnard in 1893.<ref name="The Guardian - 17 May 2020 - New evidence rescues tarnished reputation of Pierre Bonnard's 'sickly' wife">{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa |title=New evidence rescues tarnished reputation of Pierre Bonnard's 'sickly' wife |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/17/new-evidence-rescues-tarnished-reputation-of-pierre-bonnard-sickly-wife-marthe |access-date=6 August 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=17 May 2020}}</ref> After Pierre Bonnard's death, Marthe Bonnard was named as "Marthe de Méligny" in litigation at the French Court of Cassation.<ref name="Time - 9 March 1959 - FRANCE: Pierre & Marthe">{{cite magazine |title=FRANCE: Pierre et Marthe |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,825654,00.html |access-date=7 August 2023 |magazine=Time |date=9 March 1959}}</ref>
==See also== *''Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe'', a 2023 French film that depicts the love story and romance between the painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife, model, and muse Marthe<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|date=11 January 2023|title='Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe' Sells to Major Markets for Memento International, First Stills Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/bonnard-pierre-and-marthe-memento-1235485824/|magazine=Variety|access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thurier|first=Pauline|date=23 May 2023|title=Festival de Cannes 2023: 3 questions à Cécile de France et Vincent Macaigne|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/cannes/festival-de-cannes-2023-est-ce-que-bonnard-aurait-ete-bonnard-sans-marthe-3-questions-a-cecile-de-france-et-vincent-macaigne-2778826.html|work=France 3 Provence-Alpes|access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
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