Landscape in the South of France (Paysage du midi)
Pierre Bonnard
1925
Medium
lithograph on thick wove paper
Dimensions
image: 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.7 x 49.5 cm (12 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2000.180.85
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...