This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Brown chapter.
Every summer, a handful of Brown students pack their bags to a charming village in Bretagne to study at the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art. Until the mid-19th century, it was a modest business hub known for its mills and port. Its nature and light attracted artists such as Paul Gauguin, Meijer de Haan, Paul Sérusier and Émile Bernard to work en plein air, forming the “Pont-Aven School” in the early 1890s. Here, Julian Ezenwa ’14 shares two abstract pieces he created during the Summer Studio Art Programme.