1896
oil
canvas
From the collection of Clark Art Institute
Dominant colour
Portrait de Madame Lemasson is a 1896 oil by Émile Bernard, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Clark Art Institute.
The painting depicts a woman sitting in a room, wearing a dark green shawl and a white headscarf. She is looking down, and her hands are clasped together in front of her. The background is a muted color, with a vase of flowers on a table behind her. The woman's face is rendered in a simple, flat style, with minimal detail. The overall effect is one of quiet contemplation. To learn more about the artist's use of color and composition, look up Émile Bernard.
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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