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Vincent van Gogh<\/a> most likely met Emile Bernard in 1886 at Fernand Cormon\u2019s studio where they both studied under the well known portrait painter, or perhaps they met a short time later at P\u00e8re Tanguy<\/a>\u2019s shop.\u00a0 Bernard was just 18 years old when he and Van Gogh, 15 years his senior, became friends yet Bernard had already developed his own artistic style.<\/p>\n

Bernard was dismissed from Cormon\u2019s studio due to his artistic opinions.\u00a0 He sought his own artistic direction as he walked away from Impressionism as well as the Neo-Impressionism of Seurat and Signac, though he did experiment with pointillism for a short period.\u00a0 By 1887, Bernard had come to an artistic style which included simple flat forms clearly outlined by dark contours, a style which is typically referred to as cloisonnism.\u00a0 Around the same time Van Gogh had developed a more synthetic style.\u00a0 The development of these styles no doubt comes from the artists\u2019 appreciation of Japanese art<\/a> which had become popular in Paris during that time.<\/p>\n

Van Gogh was greatly influenced by Japanese art<\/a> and there\u2019s no doubt that he did his best to influence his friends enthusiasm of the subject as well.\u00a0 In a letter to Theo, Van Gogh wrote about a visit to Bing\u2019s attic saying,<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned there myself, and I made Anquetin and Bernard learn there too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Van Gogh had created an exhibition of Japanese works and wrote to Theo saying,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exhibition of prints that I had at the Tambourin influenced Anquetin and Bernard a good deal\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As much as Van Gogh influenced Bernard, Bernard influenced Van Gogh as well.\u00a0 Van Gogh\u2019s work showed signs of simplification which was perhaps due to Bernard\u2019s influence.\u00a0 Van Gogh\u2019s Italian Woman<\/i> is an example of this.\u00a0 The figure is placed in front on an abstract yellow background rather than a more cluttered background as seen in the portrait Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Caf\u00e9 du Tambourin<\/i> in which we see chairs and stools in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Van Gogh\u2019s relationship with Bernard was maintained by mail.\u00a0 Van Gogh wrote numerous letters<\/a> to Bernard including one about his stay in Saintes-Maries<\/a>.\u00a0 In one of the letters he even light heartedly mentioned his mental state<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is possible that these great geniuses are only madmen, and that one must be mad oneself to have boundless faith in them and a boundless admiration for them. If this is true, I should prefer my insanity to the sanity of the others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Van Gogh and Bernard also exchanged paintings and drawings with each other.\u00a0 Bernard sent Van Gogh a drawing of a brothel scene and Van Gogh sent Bernard an exact copy of a portrait of the Zouave that he was currently working on.\u00a0 Van Gogh sent another 6 small drawings to his friend in a letter and a few days later sent another nine. Bernard responded with a letter containing ten of his own sketches.<\/p>\n

Van Gogh\u2019s relationship with Bernard was clearly important to him and he had such regard for his young friend that he expressed himself openly in his letters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Olive orchards were a favorite theme of Van Gogh\u2019s and Paul Gauguin<\/a> had created a painting of Christ in the garden of olives as had Bernard.\u00a0 Van Gogh approved of Gauguin\u2019s creation however gave a very critical response to Bernard\u2019s work in a letter on November 20, 1889.\u00a0 Following this letter there were no more letters from Van Gogh to Bernard.<\/p>\n

The respect and concern the friends shared was not completely lost.\u00a0 Bernard was also a writer and created poetry as well as articles concerning modern art.\u00a0 Following Van Gogh\u2019s death<\/a> he honored his friend with a number of articles including the first published biography on Vincent van Gogh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Letter Sources:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.webexhibits.org\/vangogh\/letter\/18\/511.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.webexhibits.org\/vangogh\/letter\/18\/510.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.webexhibits.org\/vangogh\/letter\/18\/B13.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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