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Richard Parkes Bonington
Richard Parkes Bonington

Richard Parkes Bonington

English, 1802-1828
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Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter, who moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English style to France. Becoming, after his early death, one of the most influential British artists of his time, the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters, yet was entirely modern in its application. His landscapes were mostly of coastal scenes, with a low horizon and large sky, showing a brilliant handling of light and atmosphere. He also painted small historical cabinet paintings in a freely-handled version of the troubadour style.

Richard Parkes Bonington was born in the town of Arnold, four miles from Nottingham. His father also known as Richard was successively a gaoler, a drawing master and lace-maker, and his mother a teacher. Bonington learned watercolour painting from his father and exhibited paintings at the Liverpool Academy at the age of eleven.

In 1817, Bonington's family moved to Calais, France, where his father had set up a lace factory. At this time, Bonington started taking lessons from the painter François Louis Thomas Francia, who, having recently returned from England, where he had been deeply influenced by the work of Thomas Girtin, taught him the English watercolour technique. In 1818, the Bonington family moved to Paris to open a lace shop. There he met and became friends with Eugène Delacroix. He worked for a time producing copies of Dutch and Flemish landscapes in the Louvre. In 1820, he started attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros.

It was around this time that Bonington started going on sketching tours in the suburbs of Paris and the surrounding countryside. His first paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1822. He also began to work in oils and lithography, illustrating Baron Taylor's Voyages pittoresques dans l'ancienne France and his own architectural series Restes et Fragmens. In 1824, he won a gold medal at the Paris Salon along with John Constable and Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, and spent most of the year painting coastal views in Dunkirk.

In 1825 he met Delacroix on a visit with Alexandre-Marie Colin to London, and they sketched together there, and shared a studio for some months in Paris on their return; Delacroix influenced him in turning to historical painting. He also developed a technique mixing watercolour with gouache and gum, achieving an effect close to oil painting. In 1826 he visited northern Italy, staying in Venice for a month, and London again in 1827–8. In late 1828 his tuberculosis worsened and his parents sent him back to London for treatment. Bonington died of tuberculosis on 23 September 1828 at 29 Tottenham Street in London, aged 25. He was buried in the graveyard of St James's Chapel Pentonville and in 1837 his remains were transferred to Kensal Green Cemetery to be re-interred with his parents.

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Near Honfleur

Near Honfleur (ca. 1823)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
The Salt Marshes near Trouville

The Salt Marshes near Trouville (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
French Town, Buildings and River

French Town, Buildings and River (1821-8)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
A Fish-market near Boulogne

A Fish-market near Boulogne (1824)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Near Quillebeuf

Near Quillebeuf (1824 - 1825)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Henry IV praying, accompanied by two ladies (La Prière)

Henry IV praying, accompanied by two ladies (La Prière) (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Figurative
The Prayer

The Prayer

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Figurative
Portia and Bassanio

Portia and Bassanio (ca. 1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Figurative
The Use of Tears

The Use of Tears (1827)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Figurative
Corso Sant’Anastasia, Verona

Corso Sant’Anastasia, Verona

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Landscape with sunset and figures before a pond

Landscape with sunset and figures before a pond

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
The Palazzi Manolesso-Ferro, Contarini-Fasan and Venier-Contarini on the Grand Canal, Venice

The Palazzi Manolesso-Ferro, Contarini-Fasan and Venier-Contarini on the Grand Canal, Venice

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
View of Lerici with Baron Charles Rivet sketching in the foreground

View of Lerici with Baron Charles Rivet sketching in the foreground

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Abbey St-Amand, Rouen

Abbey St-Amand, Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Ile de la Cite

Ile de la Cite

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
L’espace

L’espace (1826-1905)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
The Grand Canal

The Grand Canal (1826-1827)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Study of a sixteenth-century half suit of armor

Study of a sixteenth-century half suit of armor

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Still Life
Descent from the Cross

Descent from the Cross

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Religion
Boulogne Harbor

Boulogne Harbor (1823)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Corso Sant’Anastasia, Verona

Corso Sant’Anastasia, Verona (1828)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
A forest path

A forest path (1825-1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Argyle Castle

Argyle Castle (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Bothwell Castle

Bothwell Castle (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Église de l’abbaye de Tournus

Église de l’abbaye de Tournus (1825)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Rouen; Entrée de la Salle des Pas Perdus, Palais du Justice

Rouen; Entrée de la Salle des Pas Perdus, Palais du Justice (1824)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
The Escape from Argyle Castle

The Escape from Argyle Castle (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Illustration
Tour du Gros-Horloge, Evreux

Tour du Gros-Horloge, Evreux (1824)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Vue d’une rue des faubourgs de Besançon

Vue d’une rue des faubourgs de Besançon (1825)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
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