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, 7 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
Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 1972, p. 41
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