Artist biography joseph bernard canadian
Joseph Bernard (19thth Century) was active/lived in Canada.
Joseph Bernard is a Canadian artist..
Joseph Bernard (1866-1931): From stone to sensuality
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Barely known by the general public, Joseph Bernard was nevertheless omnipresent on the art scene of the Art Deco period and several of his achievements, such as the Dance frieze or the Girl with a jug, have become part of the collective visual memory.
The first retrospective exhibition devoted to him today brings together more than 200 works and aims to rediscover the wealth of his talents as a sculptor but also as a designer, along with his contributions in the field of public monuments and the decorative arts.
The tragic inspiration of the beginnings, rooted in the Symbolist Movement and marked by the influence of Rodin, rubs shoulders with a more joyful vein, drawing on mythological motifs as well as scenes of family intimacy. Poets and melancholy thinkers give way to frie