BERNADETTE VAN BAARSEN

CONTEMPORARY FAUVISM

The Best of Friends

" My congratulations for your work. It bursts with 'joy of painting!' "
Bernadette d'Haudrecy, d'Haudrecy Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgique.

"The Provencal sun and warmth seem to radiate from your paintings, a delight to behold."
Anne Derksen, artist friend.
the Netherlands

À PROPOS

Bernadette (Berna) van Baarsen is born and raised in Amsterdam. She lives and works in France. She is best known for her colourful landscapes and portraits in oil, but she also covers other subjects and techniques.

Her unique style captures human mood and natural wilderness alike. Her use of vivid colours makes a profound effect, often likened to that of the fauvist movement.

Bernadette's work regularly appears in international expositions, most recently:

-Kunstlijn Haarlem (2025, Haarlem, the Netherlands)

-Château de Mauvanne (2025, Hyères, France)

-Autour d'Entrecasteaux (2025, Mairie d'Entrecasteaux, France)

-Strand & Duin (2025, Kloostergangen, Haarlem, the Netherlands)
-Little Treasures (2024, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy)
-Kunstlijn Haarlem (2024, Haarlem, the Netherlands)
-ArtistMeeting (2024, Grand Casino Knokke, Belgium)
-Domaine des Féraud (2024, Vidauban, France)
-Art Eindhoven (2024, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, the Netherlands)
-Cercle des Arts (2023, Cotignac, France)

Her work is on permanent exhibition in the Galerie Bis in Cotignac, France.