Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 201 works by Émile Bernard in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Émile Bernard left, the most famous is Iron Bridges at Asnières (1887), in the collection of the MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Close behind it come Portrait of Marie Lemasson (1892) and Self-Portrait 1918 (1919). Our catalog holds 201 works by Émile Bernard; the gallery has kept the 100 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
The scene unfolds within the frame of Iron Bridges at Asnières, a work that captures a specific moment in the evolution of modern painting. Created in 1887, this piece emerges from the creative energy of the late nineteenth century. The artist, Émile Bernard, moves away from the fleeting light of earlier movements to find a new way of seeing the world. This Post-Impressionist work marks a departure from simple observation,…
Marie Lemasson sits before the viewer, a quiet presence anchored in a sea of teal and seafoam green. Her gaze is direct, meeting the eye with a stoic, unblinking calm. She wears a pale lavender-white blouse that catches the diffused light, a soft contrast to the deep burgundy of her skirt. The background is a rhythmic arrangement of vertical stripes, creating a shallow space that pushes her figure forward. There…
An intimate study of an aging artist, this oil on paper portrait captures a moment of profound introspection. The subject is positioned in a close-up view, his head and upper torso emerging from a deep, shadowed background. He holds a palette and brush, tools of his trade that anchor the composition in the act of creation. The lighting is highly directional, striking the face from the upper left and casting…
The gaze of the subject meets the viewer in Portrait of a Black Woman, a work that captures a quiet, heavy stillness. Painted by Émile Bernard, this piece emerges from a period of intense creative exploration. It exists under the title Portrait of a Black Woman, though some records identify the work as Study Of A Mulatto Woman, 1895. This distinction offers a glimpse into how the subject is perceived…
The evening air feels heavy and alive in Night Festival, an oil painting by Émile Bernard. Created about 1888, this work captures a moment of communal celebration suspended in the dark. The scene pulls the viewer into a nocturnal gathering where the glow of light meets the deep shadows of the night. It is a piece that belongs firmly to the Post-Impressionist movement, marking a departure from the fleeting light…
Portrait du père Tanguy1887 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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Victorine Lelopin1891 · Ackland Art Museum
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The Wave1892 · Ackland Art Museum
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The Salon1890 · Dallas Museum of Art
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Confirmand's Procession1891 · Davis Museum and Cultural Center
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The Breton wrestlers1889
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Portrait of Madeline, the Artist's Sister1889 · Art Museum at The University of Kentucky
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Breton Girl with a Red Umbrella1888 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Self-Portrait as a Troubadour1892 · National Museum of Western Art
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The Annunciation1890 · Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven1887 · Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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The Artist's Grandmother1887 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany1890 · Van Gogh Museum
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Symbolic Self-Portrait1891 · Musée d'Orsay
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Portrait of my sister Madeleine1888 · Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
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Gaulish apple pickers1892
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Portrait de Madame Lemasson1891
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Death of the Knight (La Mort du cavalier)1892
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Woman in Profile1895
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Three Women on the Banks of a River1895
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Fellah Women at the Bath1900 · Musee des Beaux-Arts
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Bathing Men1904 · Musée d'Unterlinden
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Breton Women in a Ferry Boat1900 · Museum of Art
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Toilet of Venus1911 · Musee des Beaux-Arts
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Woman's Head1920 · Harvard Art Museums
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Melancholy1935 · Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941)1908 · Van Gogh Museum
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Breton Women1940 · Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Self-Portrait1888 · Barnes Foundation
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Board decorated with tendrils and flowers1906 · Van Gogh Museum
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Landscape at Pont-Aven with Poplars1888 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Still life with flowers in a jug1904 · Van Gogh Museum
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The Adoration of the Shepherds1889 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Study for The Buckwheat Harvesters1888 · Musée de Pont-Aven
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Breton Women with SeaweedIndianapolis Museum of Art
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Funeral palls 11885 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Funeral palls 21885 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Houses in Pont-Aven1890 · Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
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Landscape, Saint-Briac1888 · Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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Still Life with Fruit, Cup and Pitcher1888 · Des Moines Art Center
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Two Breton women in a meadow1886 · Van Gogh Museum
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Boy sitting in the grass1886 · Van Gogh Museum
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Woman Walking on the Banks of the Aven1890 · Museum of Fine Arts
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The Cliffs at Le Pouldu1887 · Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Still Life with Fruit1890 · Art Institute of Chicago
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House Among Trees: Pont-Aven1888 · Van Gogh Museum
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Vase with Flowers and Cup1887 · Van Gogh Museum
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Landscape at Pont-Aven1889 · Van Gogh Museum
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Still Life with Flowers1887 · Norton Simon Museum
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Brittany Landscape1888 · Norton Simon Museum
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Still Life with Jug1890 · Gothenburg Museum of Art
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Still Life with Teapot, Apples and Dishes1892
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Still Life with Pears on a White Tablecloth1891
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Catalogue for the Van Gogh Exhibition at Le Barc de Boutteville and Lottery Ticket1891
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Springtime1892
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Woman at Saint-Briac1886
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Landscape, Saint Briac1889
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Orchard at Pont Aven1886 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
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Still Life with Fruit and Pitcher1896
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Still Life with Grapes1893
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Spanish street musician and his family1897
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Landscape, Aix-les-Bains1904 · Hood Museum of Art
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View of Castle in Semur1905 · Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
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Jeune Fille Sur La Colline1904 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Parisian WomanNational Museum of Western Art
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2 men .... sitting in a cellar
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Woman standing
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On the boulevard
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Working bretones
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Mercury and Two Women
81
Apple picking
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Bretons with umbrellas
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Annunciation
84
Woman Sewing
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Bearing apple
86
Death
87
Banquet Scene
88
Breton Peasant Women in a field
89
Street Scene
90
La Dame au Manchon (Woman with a Muff)
91
Sleep
92
Madeleine at the tree of lovePortland Museum of Art
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Study of bretons
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Au bord de la Marne
95
Portrait of Paul Sérusier
96
The Archer
97
Christ Carrying the Cross with Saint Veronica near him
98
Bridge at Pont-AvenDallas Museum of Art
99
Portrait of a painter in a red robe
100
Nude with a plate of cherries
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Émile Bernard | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Van Gogh Museum |
Amsterdam | 11 | Self-Portrait 1918, Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany, Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941) |
 Musée de Pont-Aven |
Hastenparck | 7 | Landscape at Pont-Aven with Poplars, The Adoration of the Shepherds, Study for The Buckwheat Harvesters |
 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum |
Madrid | 4 | The Annunciation, Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven, The Cliffs at Le Pouldu |
 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper |
Quimper | 4 | Funeral palls 1, Funeral palls 2, Orchard at Pont Aven |
 Wallraf-Richartz-Museum |
Cologne | 3 | Loving Couple, Houses in Pont-Aven |
 Dallas Museum of Art |
Dallas | 3 | The Salon, Bridge at Pont-Aven |
 Musee des Beaux-Arts |
Reims | 3 | Fellah Women at the Bath, Toilet of Venus |
 Ackland Art Museum |
Chapel Hill | 2 | Victorine Lelopin, The Wave |
Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.
The scene unfolds within the frame of Iron Bridges at Asnières, a work that captures a specific moment in the evolution of modern painting. Created in 1887, this piece emerges from the creative energy of the late nineteenth century. The artist, Émile Bernard, moves away from the fleeting light of earlier movements to find a new way of seeing the world. This Post-Impressionist work marks a departure from simple observation,…
Marie Lemasson sits before the viewer, a quiet presence anchored in a sea of teal and seafoam green. Her gaze is direct, meeting the eye with a stoic, unblinking calm. She wears a pale lavender-white blouse that catches the diffused light, a soft contrast to the deep burgundy of her skirt. The background is a rhythmic arrangement of vertical stripes, creating a shallow space that pushes her figure forward. There…
An intimate study of an aging artist, this oil on paper portrait captures a moment of profound introspection. The subject is positioned in a close-up view, his head and upper torso emerging from a deep, shadowed background. He holds a palette and brush, tools of his trade that anchor the composition in the act of creation. The lighting is highly directional, striking the face from the upper left and casting…
Iron Bridges at Asnières (1887), MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Portrait of Marie Lemasson (1892) and Self-Portrait 1918 (1919) come next.
19 years old: Iron Bridges at Asnières dates from 1887, and Émile Bernard was born in 1868.
Iron Bridges at Asnières, Portrait of Marie Lemasson, Self-Portrait 1918, Buckwheat Harvesters at Pont Aven, Après le bain (les nymphes), Portrait of a Black Woman, Night Festival, The Harvest, Loving Couple and The Harvest at Saint-Briac. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 201 works by Émile Bernard, dated from 1885 to 1940.
Mostly in Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), Musée de Pont-Aven (Hastenparck) and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1880s: 29 of the 100 works on this page were made then, Iron Bridges at Asnières among them.
On this page, the earliest is Funeral palls 1 (1885) and the latest Breton Women (1940).
Women (10), People (6) and Woman (4), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 6 of the 100 works on this page.
Post-impressionism, judging by the originals on this page.
Self-Portrait 1918, Woman Sitting in a Field: Brittany and Portrait of Andries Bonger (1861-1936), his wife Annie van der Linden and Emile Bernard (1868-1941): the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam holds 10 of the works on this page.
Yes, as a reproduction: the original stays in its museum, but any painting on this page can be painted by hand for you, made to order one at a time, from the painting's own page.
