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François Bonvin (1817–1887), a French painter and etcher, studied at the Paris drawing school and later attended the Académie Suisse. He worked as a police clerk until 1850 while developing his painting. Connections with Champfleury and Gustave Courbet introduced him to Realist circles; in 1859 he exhibited Salon-rejected works by artists including Whistler and Fantin-Latour in his studio.
His still lifes and domestic scenes extend his study of Chardin and seventeenth-century Dutch masters. Bonvin observes quiet activities and the material presence of objects, exploring copper reflections, fabrics and shadows. L’Écureuse, painted in 1873 and held in Reims, brings these concerns together around a woman absorbed in her task. His journeys to the Netherlands directly informed this attention to interiors.
This profile brings together identity references for François Bonvin and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Genève Enchères · Piguet · Dobiaschofsky
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Watercolour
Nature morte aux oranges,
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2024-02-27 — 2024-03-13
Published result : 15000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-12-12
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Oil on canvas
La leçon
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-14
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à FRANÇOIS BONVIN — Porträt einer Römerin mit Kanne.
Öl auf Leinwand
Zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2017-11-11
Attributed
Published result : 50 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400
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