A Family Meal
Le Nain family (French)
c. 1645–55 or later
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 92 × 120.5 cm · framed: 111.8 × 142.2 × 10.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
Accession Number
1958.174
Tags
male
About the Artist
Le Nain family (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...