Still Life with Orange
Emile Bernard
French, 1868–1941
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Details
Title
Still Life with Orange
Artist/Maker
Emile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
Date
1887
Medium
Oil on board, mounted on canvas
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches
Credit
Purchase in honor of Margaret Boyd Perdue, longtime friend and tireless supporter of the High Museum
Accession #
2000.209
On View
Currently not on view
Still Life with Orange was painted during Bernard’s Cloisonnist, or Synthetist, period and exhibits all of the hallmarks of that style: the composition is flattened, the colors are intense and pulsating, and the contours of the still life elements have been gouged out to create distinct borders between the fields of color. This approach shows a bold departure from the broken brushwork and dissolving forms of Impressionism. Influenced by Japanese prints, Synthetism resulted from a conscious effort to work less from nature and more from memory.