Poultry (La volaille)
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etching
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Frank Crowninshield Collection
Accession Number
1948.3.159
Art Historical Context
André Dunoyer de Segonz's *Poultry (La volaille)*, created in 1935, the artist's affinity for everyday rural subjects through the elegant medium of etching. A prominent figure in the École de Paris, Segonzac blended robust realism with influences from Impressionism, often celebrating the simple beauty of French provincial life—think lively markets, landscapes, and still lifes brimming with texture and vitality. This print, housed in the National Gallery of Art's Frank Crowninshield Collection, exemplifies his mastery in translating three-dimensional forms into intricate lines. Etching, Segonz...
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...