The Blue Bird

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), 1889

oil on canvas, 73 cm x 60 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift from Elin en Bengt Ekström)

Object number
s0393M1990
Dimensions
73 cm x 60 cm, 99 cm x 86 cm
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Rune Lundén, Enebyberg; auction London, Christie’s (Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture), lot 17 (Les Fées bretonnes), possibly purchased by Bengt and Elin Ekström, Uppsala, 26 March 1984; donated by Bengt and Elin Ekström to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1 December 1989, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift from Elin en Bengt Ekström)

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Emile Bernard, 24 August-4 November 1990

Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Emile Bernard 1868-1941. A Pioneer of Modern Art, 12 May-5 August 1990

Uppsala, Konsthallen, Émile Bernard, December 1976-January 1977, no. 7

Aguélimuseet, Émile Bernard, 14 November-5 December 1976, no. 7

Dallas, Valley House Gallery, Émile Bernard, March-April 1962, no. 14

Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1990, 1992, p. 21, 30

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Vollard, Ambroise, Emile Bernard : chef de l'école de Pont-Aven, [s.a.], p. 16, 22

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Emile Bernard : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1982, p. 36

Stevens, Mary Anne, Emile Bernard 1868-1941. A Pioneer of Modern Art. Ein Wegbereiter der Moderne., 1990, p. 215-217

Leeuw, Ronald de, Aanwinsten/Acquisitions, 1991, p. 48-49, 65

Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, 1993, p. 243

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 63

Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, 1995, p. 171

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. 167

Een schenking : de collectie Elin Ekström, [unpaged]

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