School of Pont-Aven

Pont-Aven, School of

Pont-Aven, School of. Term applied to a group of painters associated with Gauguin during his periods of work at the town of Pont-Aven in Brittany (1886, 1888–9, 1894), and inspired by his anti-naturalistic style. Émile Bernard was among them, and he and Gauguin together developed Synthetism.

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Pont-Aven, School of

Pont-Aven, School of. Term applied to a group of painters associated with Gauguin during his periods of work at the town of Pont-Aven in Brittany (1886, 1888–9, 1894), and inspired by his anti-naturalistic style. Émile Bernard was among them, and he and Gauguin together developed Synthetism.

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