Category: Art

Une forge (1893)

Cormon, Fernand (1845-1924) Une forge (A forge) 1893 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 90.7 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This is an unusual work for Cormon who was known above all for his history painting and large decorative works such as those at…

Caïn (1880)

Cormon, Fernand (1845-1924) Caïn 1880 Oil on canvas, 400 x 700 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This painting illustrates the miserable destiny of Cain, the elder son of Adam and Eve, who after the murder of his younger brother Abel was condemned…

Bretonnes (s.d.)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Bretonnes (Breton Women) s.d. Oil on canvas, 81 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)

Paul Gachet (1926)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Paul Gachet 1926 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Dedicated on the reverse: “To my friend and compatriot Paul Gachet, Emile Bernard 1926“. See also: • Gachet, Paul (1828-1909)

Baigneuses à la vache rouge (1887)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Baigneuses à la vache rouge (Bathers with a red cow) 1887 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fragment cut from a large composition, probably painted in 1889, the side parts of which are in…

Émile Bernard (1886)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Émile Bernard 1886 Oil on canvas, 54 x 44.5 cm Tate Britain, London This is a portrait of the painter Emile Bernard. At the time it was done Bernard was still only a teenager, and was a…

Autoportrait au vase de fleurs (1897)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Autoportrait au vase de fleurs (Self-portrait with a vase of flowers) 1897 Oil on canvas, 52 x 42 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ‘A nos amis de Hollande‘ (to our friends in the Netherlands), Bernard wrote at the top left.…