Émile Bernard
Breton Girl with a Red Umbrella

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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

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrivate collection, Pont-Aven; Jean- Marie Le Naour, Pont-Aven [1]; [Philippe Perronneau, Dijon, 1969] [2]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1969; given to MFAH, 1998.

[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.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

signed and dated upper right: "Emile Bernard 1888"

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