Breton Girl with a Red Umbrella
Artist
Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)French, 1868–1941
CultureFrench
Titles
- Breton Girl with a Red Umbrella
Date1888
PlacePont-Aven, France
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions25 1/8 × 23 1/4 in. (63.8 × 59.1 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.268
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
225 Beck Galleries
Exposé
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] According to file documents, the work on wood was part of a door panel once in a building in Pont-Aven (today at the address of 15, avenue Général de Gaulle). In the late nineteenth century, the dwelling had been used as a post office. Bernard is thought to have painted the door, when the building was occupied by the aunt of the painter Ernest de Chamillard (1862-1931). The site and structural property were later purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Marie Le Naour, c. 1923. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
[2] Correspondence from Philippe Perronneau in Dijon to Mr. and Mrs. John Beck dated July 8, 1969 discuss matters regarding the painting including the sale, shipping, and publication of the work. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Pont-Aven, "Hommage à Émile Bernard, 1960, no. 49.
EXHIBITED: Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 12-13.
Published References "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," Compiled by Audrey Jones Beck. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1998, p.16 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
signed and dated upper right: "Emile Bernard 1888"
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