Léon Bonvin, 1864 - Birds Resting on Bushes - fine art print

What does the curator team of the Walters Art Museum state about the 19th century artwork painted by Léon Bonvin? (© Copyright - by Walters Art Museum - www.thewalters.org)

Léon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard, just outside Paris in 1834. Despite displaying great talent in the medium of watercolor he was largely unrecognized by his contemporaries. In 1866 he hanged himself at the age of 32, apparently due to financial difficulties. Working at his family's bar or "cabaret," he sketched and painted watercolors only in his spare moments, yet in the seven year period between 1859 and his death he created numerous exquisite still lifes of flowers and fruits, and subtle landscapes capturing fleeting atmospheric effects.

There is evidence that, despite his rural home, Bonvin did have knowledge of the art world in Paris. His half-brother was the better known artist, François Bonvin. In addition Bonvin's still lifes show the influence of Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), whose work was undergoing a revival in the 1850s and 60s.

During the 19th century an appreciation of Bonvin's work was confined to a small circle of connoisseurs and collectors, most prominent among them William T. Walters, father of Henry Walters, founder of the Walters Art Museum. For much of the 19th century William displayed and stored his watercolors in a deluxe leather-bound album with a specially commissioned frontispiece and tailpiece by the renowned flower painter of the Lyon school, Jean-Marie Reignier. William's collection of Bonvin's work was acquired between 1862 and 1891, and eventually comprised 56 watercolors and one, rare oil; today, this is the largest collection of Bonvin's work in existence.

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In 1864 the French painter Léon Bonvin painted this modern art artwork "Birds Resting on Bushes". The original measures the size: H: 9 5/8 x W: 7 5/16 in (24,4 x 18,5 cm) and was painted on the medium watercolor with gum heightening, gouache, iron gall ink and pen, and graphite over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper. Today, the piece of art belongs to the digital art collection of Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. With courtesy of Walters Art Museum (public domain).The creditline of the artwork is the following: . In addition to that, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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