About Emile Bernard
inventing cloisonnism at twenty, sharing it with Gauguin, watching Gauguin take the credit, and spending decades arguing about who invented Symbolism
Where to see Emile Bernard
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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73 recorded works
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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25 recorded works
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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9 recorded worksMusée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
Quimper, France
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10 recorded works
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
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7 recorded works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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5 recorded works
Centre national des arts plastiques
Paris, France
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4 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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4 recorded works
Ca' Pesaro
Venice, Italy
Also here (2)
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4 recorded works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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4 recorded works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
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Buckwheat Harvesters at Pont-Aven - Émile Bernard
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Bathers with Red Cow - Émile Bernard
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Iron Bridges at Asnières - Emile Bernard
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After the Bath (The Nymphs) - Émile Bernard
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3 recorded works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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3 recorded works
National Museum of Western Art
Tokyo, Japan
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3 recorded works
Musée d'Art Moderne de Fontevraud
Fontevraud, France
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3 recorded worksKunsthalle Bremen
Bremen, Germany
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2 recorded works
Musée d'art moderne de Paris
Paris, France
Also here (6)
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2 recorded works
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
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2 recorded works
Kunstmuseum Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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2 recorded works
Nantes Museum of Arts
Nantes, France
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2 recorded worksMusée départemental de l'Oise
Beauvais, France
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2 recorded works
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
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1 recorded work
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, United States
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1 recorded work
Unterlinden Museum
Colmar, France
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1 recorded work
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Hachiōji, Japan
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1 recorded work
Matsukata Collection
Tokyo, Japan
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1 recorded work
Library-museum of the Comédie-Française
Paris, France
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1 recorded work
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 recorded work
Aargauer Kunsthaus Collection
Aarau, Switzerland
Also here (4)
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1 recorded work
Clemens Sels Museum Neuss
Neuss, Germany
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1 recorded work
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Kōfu, Japan
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1 recorded work
Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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1 recorded work
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1 recorded work
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
Albi, France
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1 recorded work
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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1 recorded work
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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1 recorded work
Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
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1 recorded work
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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1 recorded work
Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines, United States
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1 recorded work
Musée Thomas-Henry
Cherbourg-Octeville, France
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1 recorded work
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 recorded work
Vanderbilt Museum of Art
Nashville, United States
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1 recorded work
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris, France
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1 recorded work
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, United States
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1 recorded work
Gothenburg Museum of Art
Gothenburg, Sweden
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1 recorded work
Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany
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1 recorded work
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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1 recorded work
Vatican Museums
Vatican City, Vatican City
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1 recorded work
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Denmark
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1 recorded work
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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1 recorded work
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
3 more museums hold works by Emile Bernard with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Which museums record works by Emile Bernard?
Emile Bernard's works are held in 53 museums worldwide, including Van Gogh Museum, Musée d'Orsay, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.How many museum collections record works by Emile Bernard?
53 museums worldwide hold works by Emile Bernard.Which museum has the largest reported collection of Emile Bernard's work?
Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has the largest reported holding, with 73 recorded works.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Emile Bernard's works across the following collections.
- [1] academic The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Émile Bernard | Post-Impressionist, Symbolist, Synthetist Used for: biography.
- [2] book guggenheim-gauguindecorativ00gaug Used for: biography.
- [3] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
- [4] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
- [5] museum Emile Bernard - Crucifixion, also called Christ, from "L'Estampe Originale" Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Émile Bernard | MoMA Used for: biography.
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