Female Figure, Head and Shoulders
Pierre Bonnard
1902
Medium
lithograph in dark blue on China paper
Dimensions
image: 15.1 x 13.8 cm (5 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.) sheet: 32.5 x 25.5 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2004.162.10
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...