Auguste Bonheur | |
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 Portrait of Auguste-François Bonheur by French photographer Adolphe Dallemagne | |
| Born | 3 November 1824 Bordeaux, France |
| Died | 21 February 1884 (aged 59) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | National School of Fine Arts in Paris |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
| Father | Oscar-Raymond Bonheur |
| Awards | Knight of the Legion of Honour |
Auguste Bonheur (3 November 1824 in Bordeaux – 21 February 1884 in Bellevue, Seine-et-Oise)[1] was a French painter of animals and bucolic scenes in landscapes. In his compositions he was able to accurately depict the horizon, ambience, luminous settings and space. His works show the influence of the paintings of cattle by seventeenth-century Dutch painters such as Aelbert Cuyp and Paulus Potter.
During his lifetime Bonheur's works were compared to those of his more successful older sister, the renowned animal painter Rosa Bonheur. This is believed to have had a negative effect on his career. Nevertheless, Bonheur's paintings enjoyed popularity among British art collectors. In the Netherlands, the uncle of Vincent van Gogh, an art dealer also called Vincent van Gogh, owned one of his paintings.[2][3]
- ^ Centre Historique des Archives Nationale, dossiers de proposition pour la Légion d'honneur 1852-1870
- ^ Sillevis, John. "New Discoveries:Auguste Bonheur's La Sortie du pâturage (The Return from the Pasture), 1861". 19thc-artworldwide.org. Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ ... in view of the affinity of Bonheur's work to Dutch seventeenth-century cattle painting, his works were also collected in the Netherlands. The art dealer Vincent van Gogh, uncle of the famous painter, owned Le retour du marché (present whereabouts unknown). It was sold at an auction of his collection held in the building of the Artists' Association "Pulchri Studio" in The Hague on April 2 and 3, 1889