L'Assomption de Hannele Mattern; En l'attendant
Paul Sérusier
1894
Medium
color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
overall (sheet): 31.6 x 23.6 cm (12 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Given in memory of Martin Atlas by his friends
Accession Number
1998.66.1
About the Artist
Paul Sérusier · 1864–1927
The painter first studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, focusing on philosophy, then painting at the Académie Julian from 1885-1890. His painting of a Breton Weaver won an honorable mention at the Salon of 1888. He was the principal figure in the formation of the group known as the Nabis, in the same year. In 1896 he collaborated on masks and sets for the first performance of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu...