Etude de Nu
1923 - 1927
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
320; 170; 290; 494
About this artwork
height 494 mm x width 320 mm
Art Historical Context
**Etude de Nu (Study of a Nude)** by Pierre Bonnard, created between 1923 and 1927, captures the artist's enduring fascination with the female form in intimate, everyday settings. Bonnard, a leading figure in the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis, was renowned for his luminous domestic scenes and nudes bathed in soft, diffused light. By the 1920s, at the height of his career, he had shifted toward more personal, sensual explorations of the body, often drawing from his muse and wife, Marthe. This lithograph reflects that mature phase, blending observation with dreamlike intimacy amid the cultu...
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...