Emile Bernard , Paris, 1916, A. Vollard, 127/250.
Illustr.: -36 full page wooden engravings in b/w.
-an original small wooden engraving at the beginning and the end of each poem.
Émile Bernard ( 1868-1941) was a French painter and writer. A Post-Impressionist painter associated with the Pont-Aven School, he was acquainted with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Eugène Boch, and later Paul Cézanne. His most radical works were created during his youth, between 1887 and 1892, when he participated in the stylistic innovations of the late 19th century: he pioneered Cloisonnism with Louis Anquetin and Paul Gauguin. His exploration of simplified forms led him towards Synthetism and then Symbolism. He moved to Egypt in 1893, where he lived until 1904. From 1893 onward, he gradually moved towards a return to classicism, inspired by the Old Masters such as the Italian Primitives and, later, the Venetian painters, as well as Raphael, Nicolas Poussin, and Diego Velázquez. (see more: Wikipedia )
