page_title: Émile Bernard chronology
section_title: 1888
hierarchical_section_title: Émile Bernard chronology / 1888
caption_attribution_description: English: Self-portrait with portrait of Paul Gauguin, dedicated to Vincent van Gogh - "à son copaing [slang for "for his fellow"] Vincent, 1888" Van Gogh had asked Bernard for a portrait of Gauguin, but Bernard did not feel able to create such (Gauguin, 20 years older [twice the age of Bernard!], was already famous at this time). Van Gogh however was totally fond of Bernard's painting, for its simplicity, and compared it to "a genuine Manet". Gauguin painted, to "compensate", a self-portrait "with portrait of Bernard" in same year. Both paintings are held by VGM.
context_page_description: This is an Émile Bernard chronology of the life and career of French artist, art critic and writer Émile Bernard, based on documents hitherto published - however, most of the relevant sources remain unpublished. To a certain extent, these gaps can be filled by information derived from letters and biographies of e.g. Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Émile Schuffenecker. Bernard and his work is associated with Post-Impressionism, Cloisonnism and Synthetism.
  Since 1891, Bernard used to date his letters.
  Contents:1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
  The Vanguard Years: 1884 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
  Footnotes
  References
  External links
context_section_description: On occasion of the Salon des Indépendants in March 1888, the art critic Édouard Dujardin coined Bernard's and Anquetin's new style Cloisonnism.
  February: The day before Van Gogh left for Arles, Bernard helped him to decorate his room in Theo's apartment.
  May?: leaves for another three months in Saint-Briac.
  August: travels to Pont-Aven once more, where his mother and his sister joined him. Madeleine was in love with 23 years older Gauguin for a while, and he and her brother worked together quite closely.
  November: Bernard returns to Asnières.
caption: Self-portrait with portrait of Paul Gauguin, 1888
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