1889
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Les Bretonneries is a 1889 by Émile Bernard, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows two very different scenes side by side. On the left, a dark, shadowy forest with twisted trees and a small figure walking. The right side is a bright, open landscape with a village, boats on water, and people working in fields. The lines are bold and the shapes are simple, almost like sketches. The artist signed it "E. Bernard" and wrote "Les Bretonneries," which hints at a place in France. The contrast between the eerie woods and the sunny village is striking. Look up Émile Bernard to see more of his work.
Émile Henri Bernard (French pronunciation: ; 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, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne.
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