Cleveland Museum of Art
The Nymphs
Émile BernardLinkedCulture matchlcp-507beb4d7ea0
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 79484
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Before he had reached age 20, the precocious Bernard worked alongside Paul Gauguin and engaged in a lively correspondence with Vincent van Gogh. Toward the end of 1889, Van Gogh observed a shift in the young artist’s work and noted in a letter to his sister, “Bernard is trying to do elegant, modern figures in the manner of ancient Greek and Egyptian art.” The elongated, seemingly weightless forms in The Nymphs reflect Bernard’s stylistic evolution. This vividly hand-colored woodcut is one of only three known impressions of this print.
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary
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