Fernande with Arms Crossed, Large Plate (Fernande les mains croisees (grande planche)
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Frank Crowninshield Collection
Accession Number
1948.3.67
Art Historical Context
In the bustling Paris art scene of the 1920s, André Dunoyer de Segonz captured the poised elegance of his sitter in *Fernande with Arms Cross, Large Plate* (3), a masterful etching from the National Gallery of Art's Frank Crowninshield Collection Segonzac, a prominent French artist of the School of Paris, blended classical realism with a modern flair, influenced by his experiences in World War I trenches and the vibrant interwar cultural milieu. This large-plate etching showcases his precise line work, where acid-etched grooves on a metal plate create rich, tonal depth and subtle textures upon...
About the Artist
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974) was a leading French painter, draughtsman, engraver, and illustrator, born on 6 July in Boussy-Saint-Antoine near Paris, where he spent much of his childhood alongside time in the city. Defying his parents' initial hopes for a military career at Saint-Cyr, he pursued art, enrolling in 1900 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a general student. He studied u...