.jpg "Léon Bonvin French, 1864 Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit, Nuts as seen on linen & lavender (l&l)")
| Still Life with Wine, Water, Fruit and Nuts Léon Bonvin French, 1864  |
| Bare Tree and a Plowman Léon Bonvin French, 1864 |
.jpg "Léon Bonvin French, 1864, Farm Building as seen on l&l (linen & lavender)") |
Léon Bonvin, Farm Building c.1864
 Léon Bonvin French, 1865, Still Life on Kitchen Table with Celery, Parsley, Bowl and Cruets |
As you know if you’ve been following l&l for awhile, I have a penchant for still life paintings, particularly the work of Luis Meléndez. I became enamored of his style upon seeing him in the Prado Museum several years ago and have sought him out ever since.
The composition and tone of the still life paintings of Léon Bonvin speak to me in much the same way. I am equally enamored of Bonvin’s moody landscapes, particularly those with the finely detailed tree branches as those I’ve selected to show you here.
“Highly detailed and original, Léon bonvin’s watercolors of flowers, landscapes and moon lit scenes represent a distinctive contribution to the realist movement in mid-19th century France. Bonvin’s luminous paintings reflect the humble surroundings accessible to the artist, a self-taught innkeeper on the outskirts of Paris.” —excerpt, press release for the 2012 exhibition, Walters Art Museum
For more on Léon Bonvin’s life and works,
please visit:
“ARTS JOURNALISM FOR THE LOVE OF IT”
by Jane Librizzi
.jpg "Léon Bonvin Still Life- Glass On A Table before 1866 Louvre Museum-Paris via The Blue Lantern as seen on linen & lavender (l&l)")
Jane’s posts on the artist:
You might also like the book:
+and+the+emporium.jpg "Capturing Nature's Beauty, Three Centuries of French Landscapes (book) as seen on linen & lavender and the emporium by l&l")
Capturing Nature’s Beauty
Three Centuries of French Landscapes
Three Centuries of French Landscapes
Purchase links by country:
.jpg "Léon Bonvin French 1865, Plowing at Dusk as seen on linen & lavender (l&l)")
Léon Bonvin, Plowing at Dusk, 1865
and available in the U.S. (via used book sources) –
The Drawings and Water Colors of Léon Bonvin
A “Themes in Art” book by Gabriel P. Weisberg
The Drawings and Water Colors of Léon Bonvin
A “Themes in Art” book by Gabriel P. Weisberg
.jpg "Léon Bonvin French c1865, Rural Scene as seen on linen & lavender (l&l)")
Léon Bonvin, Rural Scene, 1865
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| Léon Bonvin, Country Scene, 1865 |
If you had to choose just one, could you?
Images 1 and 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 via The Walters Art Museum
Image 2: The Getty Museum
Image 6: (book cover) Amazon
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| linen & lavender |
.jpg "Léon Bonvin French c1864, Moonlit Scene with Houses in Background as seen on linen & lavender (l&l)")
Léon Bonvin French c.1864, Moonlit Scene with Houses in Background
