In 1891, Bernard quarrel with Gauguin, whom he accused that he arrogated to himself all the discoveries made by the Pont-Avenskoy group (U Gauguin has tendency to absorb everything like a sponge. He is closely following the work of Bernard "). Insult to Gauguin, Bernard retained all zheizn.
In 1893 his metsen Antoine de la Roshfuko financed his trip to Egypt, where he lived for 10 years.
It is very sad, but in my opinion, his work in the last years of his life, in fact, following the departure to Egypt, in no way remarkable - it is one of the very rare, I think, when all the charm, freshness and originality of his early paintings had disappeared without trace ...
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