The Harvesters, from the album "Les Bretonneries"

1889

Not on view

Bernard is one of the major artists of the generation following the Impressionists. Having been expelled in the spring of 1886 from the academic atelier where he had been studying, Bernard set out on foot to Brittany, and during this trip he conceived a lifelong love for the province and its art and traditions. In late 1888 or 1889 he created an album of zincographs on the theme of daily life in Brittany, images that were innovative in style if romantically old-fashioned in content: no Breton woman would have worn the traditional starched head covering and collar while working in the fields. This album was for sale in the Café Volpini, on the grounds of the Exposition Universelle of 1889—the world's fair celebrating the centennial of the French Revolution and for which the Eiffel Tower was erected. CI

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Title: The Harvesters, from the album "Les Bretonneries"
Series/Portfolio: Les Bretonneries
Artist: Emile Bernard (French, Lille 1868–1941 Paris)
Date: 1889
Medium: Hand-colored zincograph
Dimensions: Plate: 9 7/16 × 11 13/16 in. (24 × 30 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 15/16 in. (24.8 × 30.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1982
Object Number: 1982.1003
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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