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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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François Ier and Marguerite de Navarre

François Ier and Marguerite de Navarre (1827)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Bologna

Bologna (1828)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
A Wooded Stream and a Farmhouse in Normandy

A Wooded Stream and a Farmhouse in Normandy

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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La Prière

La Prière (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Le Repos

Le Repos (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Le Retour

Le Retour (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Les Pendus

Les Pendus (1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Tour aux Archives a Vernon

Tour aux Archives a Vernon (1824)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Tour du Gros Horloge, Batie Souis la Domination des Anglais en 1417

Tour du Gros Horloge, Batie Souis la Domination des Anglais en 1417 (1824)

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

A Seascape

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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A Faun with Pipes

A Faun with Pipes

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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L’Institut et le pont des Arts

L’Institut et le pont des Arts (1806-1828)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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View of the Thames with the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London

View of the Thames with the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Palais de Justice, Rouen

Palais de Justice, Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Rouen – Entre de la Salle des Pas Perdus

Rouen – Entre de la Salle des Pas Perdus

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Rouen – Fontaine de la Crosse

Rouen – Fontaine de la Crosse

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Studies for Shylock

Studies for Shylock (1825)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Study of a Gentleman in 17th Century Costume

Study of a Gentleman in 17th Century Costume (between 1827 and 1828)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Study of a Seated Woman

Study of a Seated Woman

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Study of a Woman with her Head on her Hand

Study of a Woman with her Head on her Hand

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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The Church of St. Wulfran, Abbeville; The North Door of the West Front

The Church of St. Wulfran, Abbeville; The North Door of the West Front (ca. 1823)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Titlepage to Restes et Fragments

Titlepage to Restes et Fragments

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Trees and a Cottage by a River

Trees and a Cottage by a River (1827)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Road Workers, near Lillebonne

Road Workers, near Lillebonne

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
Landscape
Rouen – Cathedrale Notre-Dame

Rouen – Cathedrale Notre-Dame

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Sketch of a Woman

Sketch of a Woman (1828)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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Five Studies of a French Pointer

Five Studies of a French Pointer (1825-1826)

Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802-1828)
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