#edmond bille

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Edmond Bille (1878–1959), “Révolte” (Revolt)

colour lithograph, 1919 — source

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1915 env. La Noble Contrée, œuvre d'Edmond Bille, artiste sierrois d'origine neuchâteloise

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La Mort et le Bûcheron by Edmond Bille, 1909, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Neuchatel, Switzerland.  

The poem that inspired this painting:

Death and the Woodcutter By Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) Translation by George McLean Harper A poor woodcutter, covered with green boughs, Under the fagot’s weight and his own age Groaning and bent, ending his weary stage, Was struggling homeward to his smoky hut. At last, worn out with labor and with pain, Letting his fagot down, he thinks again  What little pleasure he has had in life.  Is there so cursed a wretch in all the strife? No bread sometimes, and never any rest;  With taxes, soldiers, children, and a wife,      Creditors, forced toil oppressed, He is the picture of a man unblessed.  He cries for Death. Death comes straightway,    And asks why he was called upon.  “Help me,” the poor man says, “I pray,    To lift this wood, then I’ll begone.”      Death comes to end our woes.        But who called him? Not I!      The motto of mankind still goes:        We’ll suffer all, sooner than die.

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Edmond Bille (Swiss, 1878-1959), Suzanne au bain, 1941. Oil on canvas, 102 x 97.5 cm

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Edmond Bille (Swiss, 1878-1959), Bildnis eines jungen Mannes [Portrait of a young man]. Pencil, 44 x 22 cm.

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Edmond Bille (1878–1959), “La Haine” (Hatered)

colour lithograph, 1919 — source

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Edmond Bille (1878–1959), “Étreintes” (Embraces)

from “Une danse macabre” series

colour lithograph, 1919 — source