Richard Parkes Bonington, Dutch Fishing Vessel Moored at Low Tide, 1800s, Oil on Canvas

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Dutch Fishing Vessel Moored at low tide

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

Oil on canvas signed lower right along shore line … more Dutch Fishing Vessel Moored at low tide

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

Oil on canvas signed lower right along shore line by the building on the right)





Provenance, this painting was sold as lot 391 at Chorleys auction house 25/03/2015
Born of English parents, Bonington spent much of his short life in France. He studied initially in Calais with Louis Francia before moving to Paris. In 1818 he first met Eugène Delacroix and enrolled in the atelier of Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, where he formed a lasting friendship with Paul Huet, a fellow pupil.
He was one of the stars of the 1824 Paris Salon, where British art was so triumphant, and along with John Constable and Copley Fielding received a gold medal.
Bonington was an inveterate traveller and spent much time exploring the north coast of France. In 1825 he visited London with several French artists, including Delacroix, and in 1826 he travelled through Switzerland to Venice.
He died tragically young from consumption at the age of 26.
Bonington was one of the most important artists of the early nineteenth century, vital to the understanding of French and British art of the Romantic period. His range included history and subject paintings, and landscapes, highly-finished works and sketches, all imbued with a brilliance and sureness of touch which was greatly admired both during and after his lifetime. This piece has an attribution mark,
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