Francois Bonvin
1817-1887 French Francois Bonvin Location Bonvin was born in humble circumstances in Paris, the son of a police officer and a seamstress. When he was four years old his mother died of tuberculosis and young Francois was left in the care of an old woman who underfed him. Soon his father married another seamstress and brought the child back into the household. Nine additional children were born, putting a strain on the familys resources, and to make matters worse his stepmother took to abusing and undernourishing Francois. The young Bonvin started drawing at an early age. His potential was recognized by a friend of the family, who paid for him to attend a school for drawing instruction at age eleven. This instruction ended after two years, when his father apprenticed him to a printer, and Bonvin was to remain mostly self-taught as an artist. He spent his free time at the Louvre where he especially appreciated the Dutch old masters. Bonvin married a laundress at the age of twenty, at about the same time that he secured a job at the headquarters of the Paris police. It was during this period in his life that he also contracted an illness which would trouble him for the rest of his life. Bonvin exhibited three paintings in the Salon of 1849, where he was awarded a third-class medal. He exhibited in the Salon of 1850 with Courbet, and won recognition as a leading realist, painting truthfully the lives of the poor which he knew at first hand. His paintings were well received by critics and by the public. Although his work had elements in common with Courbets, his modestly scaled paintings were not seen as revolutionary. He was awarded the Legion d honneur in 1870. His subjects were still life and the everyday activities of common people, painted in a style that is reminiscent of Pieter de Hooch and Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin. It is the latter who is especially recalled by Bonvins delicate luminosity. In 1881 he underwent an operation which did not restore him to health, and he became blind. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1886. He died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1887.
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Francois Bonvin Seated Boy with a Portfolio oil painting


Seated Boy with a Portfolio
1857 Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin
Painting ID::  110 		Francois Bonvin
Seated Boy with a Portfolio
1857 Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin
   
   
     
Francois Bonvin The Ave Maria;Interior of a Convent at Aramont,Verberie(Oise) oil painting


The Ave Maria;Interior of a Convent at Aramont,Verberie(Oise)
1870(Salon of 1870) 2' 8 1/2'' x 1' 7 3/4 (82.5 x 50 cm) Bequest of Charles-Aime Vince,1890
Painting ID::  11174 		Francois Bonvin
The Ave Maria;Interior of a Convent at Aramont,Verberie(Oise)
1870(Salon of 1870) 2' 8 1/2'' x 1' 7 3/4 (82.5 x 50 cm) Bequest of Charles-Aime Vince,1890
   
   
     
Francois Bonvin Style life with brewed oil painting


Style life with brewed
MK186 1863 Paris muse d' Orsay
Painting ID::  45560 		Francois Bonvin
Style life with brewed
MK186 1863 Paris muse d' Orsay
   
   
     
Francois Bonvin Still life with Lemon and Oysters oil painting


Still life with Lemon and Oysters
mk221 1858 Oil on canvas 74.9x83.8cm France 1817-1887
Painting ID::  51830 		Francois Bonvin
Still life with Lemon and Oysters
mk221 1858 Oil on canvas 74.9x83.8cm France 1817-1887
   
   
     
Francois Bonvin Stilleben mit Spargel oil painting


Stilleben mit Spargel
Date 1867(1867) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 65 x 81,5 cm cjr
Painting ID::  87162 		Francois Bonvin
Stilleben mit Spargel
Date 1867(1867) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 65 x 81,5 cm cjr
   
   
     
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     1817-1887 French Francois Bonvin Location Bonvin was born in humble circumstances in Paris, the son of a police officer and a seamstress. When he was four years old his mother died of tuberculosis and young Francois was left in the care of an old woman who underfed him. Soon his father married another seamstress and brought the child back into the household. Nine additional children were born, putting a strain on the familys resources, and to make matters worse his stepmother took to abusing and undernourishing Francois. The young Bonvin started drawing at an early age. His potential was recognized by a friend of the family, who paid for him to attend a school for drawing instruction at age eleven. This instruction ended after two years, when his father apprenticed him to a printer, and Bonvin was to remain mostly self-taught as an artist. He spent his free time at the Louvre where he especially appreciated the Dutch old masters. Bonvin married a laundress at the age of twenty, at about the same time that he secured a job at the headquarters of the Paris police. It was during this period in his life that he also contracted an illness which would trouble him for the rest of his life. Bonvin exhibited three paintings in the Salon of 1849, where he was awarded a third-class medal. He exhibited in the Salon of 1850 with Courbet, and won recognition as a leading realist, painting truthfully the lives of the poor which he knew at first hand. His paintings were well received by critics and by the public. Although his work had elements in common with Courbets, his modestly scaled paintings were not seen as revolutionary. He was awarded the Legion d honneur in 1870. His subjects were still life and the everyday activities of common people, painted in a style that is reminiscent of Pieter de Hooch and Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin. It is the latter who is especially recalled by Bonvins delicate luminosity. In 1881 he underwent an operation which did not restore him to health, and he became blind. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1886. He died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1887.

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