Birth Announcement for Françoise Floury
1932
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View on museum website →Medium
drypoint in black [proof]
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 10 cm (4 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.) sheet: 23 x 18.1 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2004.162.3
About the Artist
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) was a French painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Post-Impressionist movement and a founding member of Les Nabis. Born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, Bonnard initially studied law at his father's insistence, graduating and briefly practicing as a barrister in 1888. However, his true passion lay in art, and he had simultaneously at...