La treille muscate, de profil
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etching
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Frank Crowninshield Collection
Accession Number
1948.3.248
Art Historical Context
In the intimate etching *La treille muscate de profil* (1932), French artist André Dunoyer deonzac captures the delicate profile of a nutmeg vine trellis with his signature precision and elegance. Created during the interwar period when Segonzac was a prominent figure in the School of Paris, this print reflects his realist style—rooted in classical draftsmanship yet infused with a modern sensitivity to light and form. Avoiding the abstractions of contemporaries like Picasso, Segonzac celebrated everyday natural motifs, evoking the serene French countryside he so admired. Etching, Segonzac's f...
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...