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Before he had reached age 20, the precocious Bernard worked alongside Paul Gauguin and engaged in a lively correspondence with Vincent van Gogh. Toward the end of 1889, Van Gogh observed a shift in the young artist’s work and noted in a letter to his sister, “Bernard is trying to do elegant, modern figures in the manner of ancient Greek and Egyptian art.” The elongated, seemingly weightless forms in <em>The Nymphs </em>reflect Bernard’s stylistic evolution. This vividly hand-colored woodcut is one of only three known impressions of this print.
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- Title: The Nymphs
- Creator: Émile Bernard (French, 1868-1941)
- Date Created: 1890
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 59.1 x 47.8 cm (23 1/4 x 18 13/16 in.); Image: 47.5 x 35 cm (18 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.152
- Medium: Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor
- Inscriptions: lower right, in graphite: a Paul Gachet / Emile Bernard / 1889
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the museum's one-hundredth anniversary
- Collection: PR - Woodcut
- Accession Number: 2015.152
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