Updated октобар 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 201 works by Емил Бернар in our catalogue
In short
Емил Бернар's best-known piece is Iron Bridges at Asnières (1887). You'll find it at the MoMA - Muzej moderne umetnosti in New York City. Next on the list are Portrait of Marie Lemasson (1892) and Self-Portrait 1918 (1919). We have 201 works by Емил Бернар in our catalogue; this guide picks out the 100 best known, with the year, the museum and the story of each piece.
The scene unfolds within the frame of Iron Bridges at Asnières, a work that captures a specific moment in the evolution of modern painting. Created in 1887, this piece emerges from the creative energy of the late nineteenth century. The artist, Émile Bernard, moves away from the fleeting light of earlier movements to find a new way of seeing the world. This Post-Impressionist work marks a departure from simple observation,…
Marie Lemasson sits before the viewer, a quiet presence anchored in a sea of teal and seafoam green. Her gaze is direct, meeting the eye with a stoic, unblinking calm. She wears a pale lavender-white blouse that catches the diffused light, a soft contrast to the deep burgundy of her skirt. The background is a rhythmic arrangement of vertical stripes, creating a shallow space that pushes her figure forward. There…
An intimate study of an aging artist, this oil on paper portrait captures a moment of profound introspection. The subject is positioned in a close-up view, his head and upper torso emerging from a deep, shadowed background. He holds a palette and brush, tools of his trade that anchor the composition in the act of creation. The lighting is highly directional, striking the face from the upper left and casting…
The gaze of the subject meets the viewer in Portrait of a Black Woman, a work that captures a quiet, heavy stillness. Painted by Émile Bernard, this piece emerges from a period of intense creative exploration. It exists under the title Portrait of a Black Woman, though some records identify the work as Study Of A Mulatto Woman, 1895. This distinction offers a glimpse into how the subject is perceived…
The evening air feels heavy and alive in Night Festival, an oil painting by Émile Bernard. Created about 1888, this work captures a moment of communal celebration suspended in the dark. The scene pulls the viewer into a nocturnal gathering where the glow of light meets the deep shadows of the night. It is a piece that belongs firmly to the Post-Impressionist movement, marking a departure from the fleeting light…
Portrait du père Tanguy1887 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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Victorine Lelopin1891 · Ackland Art Museum
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The Wave1892 · Ackland Art Museum
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The Salon1890 · Dallas Museum of Art
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Confirmand's Procession1891 · Davis Museum and Cultural Center
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The Breton wrestlers1889
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Portrait of Madeline, the Artist's Sister1889 · Art Museum at The University of Kentucky
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Breton Girl with a Red Umbrella1888 · Muzej fine umetnosti u Hjustonu
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Self-Portrait as a Troubadour1892 · Национални музеј западне уметности
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The Annunciation1890 · Музеј Тисен-Борнемиза
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Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven1887 · Музеј Тисен-Борнемиза
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The Artist's Grandmother1887 · Muzej finih umetnosti u Bostonu
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Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany1890 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Symbolic Self-Portrait1891 · Musée d'Orsay
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Portrait of my sister Madeleine1888 · Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
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Gaulish apple pickers1892
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Portrait de Madame Lemasson1891
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Death of the Knight (La Mort du cavalier)1892
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Woman in Profile1895
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Three Women on the Banks of a River1895
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Fellah Women at the Bath1900 · Musée des Beaux-Arts
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Bathing Men1904 · Musée d'Unterlinden
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Breton Women in a Ferry Boat1900 · Museum of Art
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Toilet of Venus1911 · Musée des Beaux-Arts
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Woman's Head1920 · Harvard Art Museums
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Melancholy1935 · Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941)1908 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Breton Women1940 · Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Self-Portrait1888 · Barnes Foundation
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Board decorated with tendrils and flowers1906 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Landscape at Pont-Aven with Poplars1888 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Still life with flowers in a jug1904 · Музеј Ван Гога
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The Adoration of the Shepherds1889 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Study for The Buckwheat Harvesters1888 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Breton Women with SeaweedIndianapolis Museum of Art
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Funeral palls 11885 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Funeral palls 21885 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Houses in Pont-Aven1890 · Валраф-Рихарц Музеј
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Landscape, Saint-Briac1888 · Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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Still Life with Fruit, Cup and Pitcher1888 · Des Moines Art Center
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Two Breton women in a meadow1886 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Boy sitting in the grass1886 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Woman Walking on the Banks of the Aven1890 · Muzej fine umetnosti u Hjustonu
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The Cliffs at Le Pouldu1887 · Музеј Тисен-Борнемиза
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Still Life with Fruit1890 · Art Institute of Chicago
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House Among Trees: Pont-Aven1888 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Vase with Flowers and Cup1887 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Landscape at Pont-Aven1889 · Музеј Ван Гога
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Still Life with Flowers1887 · Norton Simon Museum
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Brittany Landscape1888 · Norton Simon Museum
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Still Life with Jug1890 · Gothenburg Museum of Art
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Still Life with Teapot, Apples and Dishes1892
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Still Life with Pears on a White Tablecloth1891
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Catalogue for the Van Gogh Exhibition at Le Barc de Boutteville and Lottery Ticket1891
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Springtime1892
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Woman at Saint-Briac1886
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Landscape, Saint Briac1889
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Orchard at Pont Aven1886 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Still Life with Fruit and Pitcher1896
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Still Life with Grapes1893
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Spanish street musician and his family1897
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Landscape, Aix-les-Bains1904 · Hood Museum of Art
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View of Castle in Semur1905 · Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
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Jeune Fille Sur La Colline1904 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Parisian WomanНационални музеј западне уметности
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2 men .... sitting in a cellar
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Woman standing
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On the boulevard
79
Working bretones
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Mercury and Two Women
81
Apple picking
82
Bretons with umbrellas
83
Annunciation
84
Woman Sewing
85
Bearing apple
86
Death
87
Banquet Scene
88
Breton Peasant Women in a field
89
Street Scene
90
La Dame au Manchon (Woman with a Muff)
91
Sleep
92
Madeleine at the tree of lovePortland Museum of Art
93
Study of bretons
94
Au bord de la Marne
95
Portrait of Paul Sérusier
96
The Archer
97
Christ Carrying the Cross with Saint Veronica near him
98
Bridge at Pont-AvenDallas Museum of Art
99
Portrait of a painter in a red robe
100
Nude with a plate of cherries
The four subjects that come up most often in these pieces, each with its best-known example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Емил Бернар | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Музеј Ван Гога |
Амстердам | 11 | Self-Portrait 1918, Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany, Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941) |
 Musée de Pont-Aven |
Hastenparck | 7 | Landscape at Pont-Aven with Poplars, The Adoration of the Shepherds, Study for The Buckwheat Harvesters |
 Музеј Тисен-Борнемиза |
Madrid | 4 | The Annunciation, Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven, The Cliffs at Le Pouldu |
 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper |
Quimper | 4 | Funeral palls 1, Funeral palls 2, Orchard at Pont Aven |
 Валраф-Рихарц Музеј |
Köln | 3 | Loving Couple, Houses in Pont-Aven |
 Dallas Museum of Art |
Dallas | 3 | The Salon, Bridge at Pont-Aven |
 Musée des Beaux-Arts |
Rem | 3 | Fellah Women at the Bath, Toilet of Venus |
 Ackland Art Museum |
Chapel Hill | 2 | Victorine Lelopin, The Wave |
Pick a decade to see its standout piece.
The scene unfolds within the frame of Iron Bridges at Asnières, a work that captures a specific moment in the evolution of modern painting. Created in 1887, this piece emerges from the creative energy of the late nineteenth century. The artist, Émile Bernard, moves away from the fleeting light of earlier movements to find a new way of seeing the world. This Post-Impressionist work marks a departure from simple observation,…
Marie Lemasson sits before the viewer, a quiet presence anchored in a sea of teal and seafoam green. Her gaze is direct, meeting the eye with a stoic, unblinking calm. She wears a pale lavender-white blouse that catches the diffused light, a soft contrast to the deep burgundy of her skirt. The background is a rhythmic arrangement of vertical stripes, creating a shallow space that pushes her figure forward. There…
An intimate study of an aging artist, this oil on paper portrait captures a moment of profound introspection. The subject is positioned in a close-up view, his head and upper torso emerging from a deep, shadowed background. He holds a palette and brush, tools of his trade that anchor the composition in the act of creation. The lighting is highly directional, striking the face from the upper left and casting…
Top of the list is Iron Bridges at Asnières (1887), MoMA - Muzej moderne umetnosti, New York City. Right behind it: Portrait of Marie Lemasson (1892) and Self-Portrait 1918 (1919).
19 years old. Емил Бернар was born in 1868, and Iron Bridges at Asnières dates from 1887.
Iron Bridges at Asnières, Portrait of Marie Lemasson, Self-Portrait 1918, Buckwheat Harvesters at Pont Aven, Après le bain (les nymphes), Portrait of a Black Woman, Night Festival, The Harvest, Loving Couple and The Harvest at Saint-Briac. You'll find the year and the museum of each in the list above.
We have 201 works by Емил Бернар in our catalogue, dated 1885 to 1940.
You'll find most of them in Музеј Ван Гога (Амстердам), Musée de Pont-Aven (Hastenparck) and Музеј Тисен-Борнемиза (Madrid). The museum list above has the full breakdown.
In 1880s, more than any other time: 29 of the 100 pieces on this page date from then, Iron Bridges at Asnières among them.
The earliest piece here is Funeral palls 1 (1885); the most recent is Breton Women (1940).
Women (10), People (6) and Woman (4), out of the 100 pieces on this page.
Oil On Canvas, used in 6 of the 100 pieces on this page.
Post-impressionist synthetism, as you can see in the pieces on this page.
You can see 10 of the pieces on this page at the Музеј Ван Гога, Амстердам, including Self-Portrait 1918, Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany and Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941).
Yes. Every painting on this page is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a print, in the size that suits you. Just open the painting's page to order.
