Émile Bernard (1868 Lille - 1941 Paris) Old quarry with grazing cows Impressionist landscape from 1940 from the mature late work of the artist, who was one of the most colourful figures at the beginning of modern painting. Bernard studied with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris from 1884-86. From 1886-1891, Bernard was an artist friend and worked closely and fruitfully with Paul Gauguin, who developed Cloisonnism, Synthetism and Symbolism and became the founder of the so-called Pont-Aven School. In the winter of 1886/87 in Paris, Bernard also began an intense friendship with Vincent van Gogh, whose death in 1890 plunged him into a deep crisis. From 1893 to 1904, Bernard escaped military service by fleeing to Egypt and only returned to France in 1904. In the same year, he spent a month with Paul Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence, which led to a lifelong correspondence. Oil on canvas; signed a. r. a. dat. (19)40. 99.5 cm x 71 cm. Frame. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated (19)40.