Fisherman and Boat

Currently on view

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), c. 1885-1886

oil on canvas, 39.0 cm x 51.5 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Object number
s0367V1994
Dimensions
39.0 cm x 51.5 cm, 54 cm x 66.5 cm
Provenance
Probably exchanged by the artist, Paris with Vincent van Gogh, Paris, between late 1886 and 19 February 1888; left by Vincent van Gogh at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; after the death of Vincent Willem van Gogh on 28 January 1978, bequeathed to his heirs; transferred by the heirs of Vincent Willem van Gogh to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 2 September 1994; since then on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh aan de Seine, 13 October 2023-14 January 2024

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde. The Modern Landscape, 14 May-4 September 2023

Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum, Van Goghs intimi. Vrienden, familie, modellen, 21 September 2019-12 January 2020, no. 51

Gothenburg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Friction of Ideas: Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bernard, 19 July-19 October 2014, no. 89

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Neo-impressionisten: Seurat tot Struycken, 28 May-7 August 1988, no. 37

Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila, Vincent van Gogh and the birth of Cloisonism, 1981, p. 286-287

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 309

Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, 1993, p. 113

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 70

Leeman, Fred, Recchi-Altariba, Béatrice, Champié, A., Argyropoulos-Recchi, Lucrezia, Cordier, Céline, Emile Bernard (1868-1941), 2013, p. 41, 44

Homburg, Cornelia, Lee, E. Wardwell, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pickvance, Ronald, Neo-Impressionisten : Seurat tot Struycken, 1988, p. 86-87

Fonsmark, Anne-Birgitte, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bernard : friction of ideas, 2014, p. 98-99, 199

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Israël, Armand, Emile Bernard : instigateur de l'école de Pont-Aven, précurseur de l'art moderne : sa vie, son oeuvre : catalogue raisonné, 2014, p. 143

Heugten, Sjraar van, Berger, Helewise, Prins, Laura, Van Goghs intimi : vrienden, familie, modellen, 2019, pp. 73-74, 212

Leeuw, Ronald de, The Van Gogh Museum : paintings and pastels, 1994, p. 113

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh : painted with words : the letters to Émile Bernard, 2007, p. 366

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh - The Letters : The complete illustrated and annotated edition : Volume 4 : Arles, 1888-1889, 2009, pp. 174-175

Vellekoop, Marije, Hendriks, Ella, Jansen, Leo, Meedendorp, Teio, Bakker, Nienke, Dijk, Maite van, Van Gogh's studio practice, 2013, pp. 266, note 99 on p. 383

Gerritse, Bregje, Coutré, Jacquelyn, Carvana, Jena, Hellman Cachin, Charlotte, Hoeven, Joost van der, Lespinasse, François, Van Gogh en de avant-garde : aan de Seine, 2023, pp. 140-141, 149

Search in the collection