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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Paul Sérusier
Description
Throughout his career, Émile Bernard made numerous portraits of his friends and colleagues, including this image of the painter Paul Sérusier. The two artists traveled to Florence in 1893 to study Renaissance painting and exchanged portraits of one another while they were there. Bernard portrayed his friend formally, presenting him frontally alongside a notation that the drawing was made during his Italian travels.
Provenance
Paul Sérusier [1864-1927], Morlaix; Marcel Guérin [1873-1948], Paris; possibly Marguerite Sérusier [1879–1950], Châteauneuf-du-Faou; Henriette Boutaric [?-1983], Paris; (sale, Christie's, London, Dec. 9, 1998, no. 210, sold to William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, NY); William Kelly Simpson [1928-2017], Katonah, NY, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
41.9 × 27.7 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
2018.76
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
Drawings • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery