1879
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Standing Male Nude is a 1879 chalk by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing is called A Standing Male Nude. It was made by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes around 1879. The artist used black chalk and a technique called stumping on tracing paper to create this work, which is a pretty traditional way of making art at that time. You can learn more about similar drawings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation: ; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France".
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