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Émile Bernard — Les Bretonneries: The Return from the Pilgrimage (Le Retour du Pardon)
Émile Bernard

Les Bretonneries: The Return from the Pilgrimage (Le Retour du Pardon)

1889

Religious devotion and regional identity converge in Bernard's zincograph depicting pilgrims returning from a traditional Breton pardon, capturing the spiritual life that attracted many artists to this remote French region.

Medium
zincograph

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Émile Bernard, Les Bretonneries: The Return from the Pilgrimage (Le Retour du Pardon), 1889

Religious devotion and regional identity converge in Bernard's zincograph depicting pilgrims returning from a traditional Breton pardon, capturing the spiritual life that attracted many artists to this remote French region.

Medium
zincograph
Year
1889
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Folk Culture, Figures, Pilgrimage, Spiritual, Religious, Late 19th Century, Symbolism, Narrative, Zincograph

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