In the late 1880s and 1890s Pierre Bonnard was a member of the Nabis, a group of artists who were inspired by the work of Paul Gauguin and his use of flat areas of pure color with strong outlines. Bonnard was also influenced by the color and patterning of Japanese woodblock prints. Luncheon Table, painted just as the Nabis group was disbanding at the turn of the twentieth century, features Bonnard’s signature decorative style with its layers of vibrant color applied in small, distinct brushstrokes. This intimate view of a woman seated at a table with a dog at her feet is a quintessential example of the quiet harmonies that the artist discovered in his daily surroundings.