Young Woman in Black Stockings (Jeune femme aux bas noirs)
Pierre Bonnard
c. 1894/1895
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 28.8 x 12.7 cm (11 5/16 x 5 in.) sheet: 37.7 x 28.1 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.86.1
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...