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Emile Bernard (1868-1941), Portrait of Bernard's Grandmother, circa 1887, French. Oil on canvas. 53 x 64 cm. Courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) (http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=en), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; permanent collection. © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York/ADAGP, Paris, France.

The laundress of Lille, Mme Bodin-Lallement, was a force to be reckoned with. Not only was she a successful businesswoman who employed some 20 townspeople at her laundry establishment, but more significantly, she was the grandmother of the French Symbolist painter, writer, poet, and historian Emile Bernard (1868-1941). It is to her that we are indebted for much of her grandson's career.

Born in Lille to a clothmaker and his wife, Emile, for whatever reason—whether the illness of his younger sister, or his stubborn insistence on art, or even his own temperament—had a difficult childhood. It was his grandmother who often intervened, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

M. Therese Southgate, MD

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