Danseuses Espagnoles [Spanish Dancers: Sketch for _D'un Pays plus beau_ (Paris, 1910)]
1910
![Danseuses Espagnoles [Spanish Dancers: Sketch for _D'un Pays plus beau_ (Paris, 1910)] by Pierre Bonnard](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/danseuses-espagnoles-spanish-dancers-sketch-for-nga-212435.webp)
Medium
black crayon on paper, laid down on buff laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14.29 × 14.13 cm (5 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.) mount: 19.53 × 18.42 cm (7 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2017.108.2
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...