House among Trees, Pont-Aven

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Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), Pont-Aven, 1888

oil on canvas, 73 cm x 92.5 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)

Emile Bernard painted this picture in heavily thinned oil paint: that’s why it’s so transparent that it looks almost like a watercolour. But he used more opaque paint for some areas, like the little pine trees and the leaves on the trees. This makes them really stand out.

He painted the summery scene in the famous Bois d’Amour, near the Breton village of Pont-Aven: a favourite place among artists.

Object number
s0477N1996
Dimensions
73 cm x 92.5 cm, 90.7 cm x 111 cm
Provenance
Julien Tanguy, Paris; sold by Julien Tanguy to Andries Bonger, Hilversum for FRF 150, 1893; after his death on 20 January 1936 inherited by his widow, Françoise W.M. Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Amsterdam; after her death in 1975 bequeathed to her heirs, the Netherlands; sold by these heirs to the State of the Netherlands to be placed in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 18 December 1996.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (State of the Netherlands)

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Ongekend. Verhalen rond 10 jaar aanwinsten, 5 February-12 September 2021

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh aan het werk, 1 May 2013-13 January 2014, no. zonder nr.

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, 10 April-20 September 2009, no. 4

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 6 June-6 August 1972, no. 82

Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 1972, p. 41

Leeman, Fred, Recchi-Altariba, Béatrice, Champié, A., Argyropoulos-Recchi, Lucrezia, Cordier, Céline, Emile Bernard (1868-1941), 2013, p. 127, 130-131

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Emile Bernard : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1982, p. 54

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. 191

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 69

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard : masterpieces from the Andries Bonger collection, 2009, p. 35, 106

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, 2009, p. 35, 106

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