Émile Bernard
(1868–1941) fransk målare och författare
Émile Bernard (France, 1868–1941) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a photographer. By year of birth, Émile Bernard belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Émile Bernard was born in Lille and died in Paris. Émile Bernard trained at Académie Julian. Émile Bernard studied under Fernand Cormon. Émile Bernard worked in Paris, Volendam, Laren, and Egypt. Wikidata associates Émile Bernard with Pont-Aven School, Les Nabis, and pointillism. Émile Bernard was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Sever Burada and Pierre Daura.
The best-known works include ‘Adam and Eve’, ‘After the Bath, the Nymphs"’, and ‘Breton Women at a Wall’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and religious painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Émile Bernard with free images. The dated works span the years 1885–1941. Works by Émile Bernard are held by several collections, among them Van Gogh-museet, Musée d’Orsay, Pont-Aven museum, and La Piscine, museum of art and industry. Wikidata links 30 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Georges Lacombe, Cesare Saccaggi, Jules Grün, Jorge Colaço, and Georges de Feure.