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Auguste François Bonheur
(3rd Nov, 1824 - 21st Feb, 1884)
Le retour de la foire
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / A. Danvers
musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
http://www.musba-bordeaux.fr/
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Keywords:
rural life
sheep
scène paysanne
cow
dog
peasant
mountain
shepherdess
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About the artwork
Title:
Le retour de la foire
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Inventory number:
Bx6016
Location:
musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
About the author(s)
Author:
Auguste François Bonheur
Also known as:
Francois Auguste Bonheur
Auguste Francois Bonheur
Auguste-François Bonheur
Born:
3rd Nov, 1824
Dead:
21st Feb, 1884
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Auguste Bonheur
(3 November 1824 in Bordeaux – 21 February 1884 in Bellevue, Seine-et-Oise) 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…
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