Meisje uit Bretagne
Paul Sérusier
1895
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
120; 236
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso midden onder, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
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...