Émile Bernard
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Émile Bernard (April 28, 1868-April 16, 1941), born in Lille, France, was an Impressionist painter. He began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, befriending fellow artists Louis Anquetin and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. He joined the Atelier Cormon in Paris in 1884 where he experimented with impressionism and pointillism. After being suspended from the École des Beaux-Arts for insubordination, he toured Brittany, where he was enamored by the tradition and landscape. He theorized a style of painting with bold forms separated by dark contours which became known as cloisonnism. His work showed geometric tendencies which hinted at influences of Paul Cézanne, and he collaborated with Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. He died in Paris.
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- Encyclopedia of Impressionists (EDIATA-Lausanne) 1992. ISBN 2-88001-289-9
- theartists.org (http://www.the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=524F351C-B969-4DD6-B6D5EC36FEEEDD57)
