Le Voyeur [Sketch for _D'un Pays plus beau_ (Paris, 1910)]
Pierre Bonnard
1910
Medium
black crayon
Dimensions
image: 15.08 × 15.24 cm (5 15/16 × 6 in.) sheet: 17.78 × 17.15 cm (7 × 6 3/4 in.) irregular
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2017.108.1
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...