Émile Henri Bernard (1868 – 1941)

Van Gogh Museum

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In 1888, Emile Bernard – a good friend of Van Gogh – considered joining the military division of the Zouave and travelling to Africa with the regiment. His trip would take him past Van Gogh, who was living in Arles in the South of France. Nothing came of this idea, but Bernard did travel to Egypt five years later, where he painted this work. #VanGoghTravels

Egyptian Dancer, Emile Bernard (1893)

Émile Bernard



Émile Bernard, part of an anonymous photograph, c. 1892


Born

Émile Bernard

28 April 1868

Lille, France


Died

16 April 1941 (aged 72)

Paris, France


Nationality

French


Known for

Painter


Movement

Post-Impressionism; Synthetism; Cloisonnism



Patron(s)

Count Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, Andries Bonger, Ambroise Vollard



Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch,[1] and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his notable work was accomplished at a young age, in the years 1886 through 1897. He is also associated with Cloisonnism and Synthetism, two late 19th-century art movements. Less known is Bernard's literary work, comprising plays, poetry, and art criticism as well as art historical statements that contain first-hand information on the crucial period of modern art to which Bernard had contributed.




Contents


1Biography
1.1Education
1.21887–1888
2Theories on style and art: Cloisonnism and Symbolism
3Influence
4Works
5Writings
5.1Art criticism
5.2Letters
6Notes, references and sources
7External links
Biography[edit]





Émile Bernard
by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1886)


For a timeline, see Émile Bernard chronology.


Émile Henri Bernard was born in Lille, France in 1868. As in his younger years his sister was sick, Émile was unable to receive


Tate

Only around 10% of the population is left-handed, including artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. His portrait of painter Emile Bernard took thirty-three sittings to complete, ten of which were devoted to working on the background. #InternationalLefthandersDay ✋


Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Emile Bernard 1885, Tate collectionhttps://bit.ly/2OkCICo