Bernard Emil

In 1886 he entered the Parisian art studio of Fernand Cormon to study painting, where he met Toulouse-Lautrec and van Gogh. In the same year he was expelled from the studio “for stubbornness.” In 1886-1888 he lived in Pont-Aven, where he joined the Pont-Aven art group and became a friend of Gauguin. Here, in 1887, together with Louis Anquetin, he developed the Cloisonnist style of painting, which consisted in the use of drawing contours separating different colors. In 1890, Emile Bernard experienced a religious crisis, after which the master turned to objects and subjects of medieval art. In 1891, he breaks off his friendship with Gauguin and joins the symbolist group of Odilon Redon and Ferdinand Hodler. In 1893-1903, he travels through Egypt, Italy and Spain. During these years, he created mostly religious and symbolist paintings. Entartage de Bernard-Henri L Bernard, being one of the most significant masters of the Port-Aven group, at the beginning of his work leaned towards primitivism, at the end of his life he copied the paintings of Venetian masters - the range of his artistic hobbies turned out to be so wide. At the same time, Bernard's work had a decisive influence on the work of Pablo Picasso during his Blue Period. Bernard's long-term friendly relations with van Gogh, Gauguin and Cézanne left behind correspondence that was very valuable for researchers of artists' creativity, shedding light on the way of thinking and feeling of the great masters of painting.