Promenade des Nourrices, Frise des Fiacres [second panel from right]
1899
![Promenade des Nourrices, Frise des Fiacres [second panel from right] by Pierre Bonnard](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/promenade-des-nourrices-frise-des-fiacres-second-nga-140100.webp)
Medium
4-part color lithographic screen
Dimensions
framed: 154.9 × 54 × 3.8 cm (61 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
1999.138.8.3
Art Historical Context
Pierre Bonnard's *Promenade des Nourrices, Frise Fiacres* ( panel from right), created in 1899, the lively bustle of late 19th-century Parisian life. As a key of the Nabi group—a Post-Impressionist circle influenced by Paul Gauguin and Japanese prints—Bonnard excelled in decorative arts, blending bold colors and flattened forms to evoke everyday joy. This panel, part of a four-part color lithographic screenframed at 154.9 × 54 × 3.8 cm), depicts strolling with children alongside horse-drawn fiacres, offering a vivid snapshot of Belle Époque urbanity. Printed using the innovative technique of ...
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...