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Christa Zaat



Émile Henri Bernard (French painter) 1868 - 1941
Bords du Nil à Marg, Effet de Soir (The Banks of the Nile at Marg), s.d.
oil on canvas
signed lower right Emile Bernard
55 x 44.5 cm. (21 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
private collection

Émile Henri Bernard is known as a Post-Impressionist painter who had artistic friendships with Van Gogh, Gauguin and Eugène Boch,[1] and at a later time, Cézanne. Most of his notable work was accomplished at a young age, in the years 1886 through 1897. He is also associated with Cloisonnism and Synthetism, two late 19th century art movements. Less known is Bernard's literary work, comprising plays, poetry, and art criticism as well as art historical statements that contain first hand information on the crucial period of modern art to which Bernard had contributed.