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Ernest Biéler — Portrait de Violette Scholder
Image creditsErnest Biéler · Portrait de Violette Scholder · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Ernest Bieler

Ernest Biéler — « Portrait de Violette Scholder ». Another work by the artist, chosen as a visual connection to the story.

Ernest Biéler · Portrait de Violette Scholder · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Ernest Bieler

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Ernest Biéler · 5 min read

The woman in blue also had a pen

In Biéler's 1913 portrait, Michelle appears among flowers. She is also a drawing teacher and author of a text defending her husband's art: an intellectual voice behind an image that became famous.

Ernest Biéler — Portrait de Nathalie Biéler
Image creditsErnest Biéler · Portrait de Nathalie Biéler · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Ernest Bieler

Ernest Biéler — « Portrait de Nathalie Biéler ».

Ernest Biéler · Portrait de Nathalie Biéler · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Ernest Bieler

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Ernest Biéler · 5 min read

The memory of Manet beneath a parasol

In 1884, Biéler discovers the Manet retrospective in Paris. The following summer, he draws his sister Nathalie in Lausanne. A parasol, an armchair and a pale dress tell how an artistic encounter can continue within a family portrait.

Ernest Biéler — Les Sources
Image creditsErnest Biéler · Les Sources · Wikimedia Commons · public domain (CH/EU life+70)

Ernest Biéler — « Les Sources ». Another work by the artist, chosen as a visual connection to the story.

Ernest Biéler · Les Sources · Wikimedia Commons · public domain (CH/EU life+70)

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Ernest Biéler · 4 min read

Ernest Biéler: the painting acquired before his Paris exhibitions

Acquired for the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne in 1886, a painting more than three metres wide remains temporarily with Ernest Biéler so that it can be shown at the 1887 Salon de Paris and then at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.