Fruit Bowl and Dish (La Coupe et la Compotier)
Pierre Bonnard
1925
Medium
lithograph in sanguine
Dimensions
plate: 25.6 x 32.8 cm (10 1/16 x 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 32.7 x 49.7 cm (12 7/8 x 19 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2000.180.72
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...