Artist: Francois Bonvin (1817 - 1887)
Nationality: French
Movement: Realism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Francois Bonvin began studying art at the age of eleven and painted his first known work while working as a clerk for the Paris police department. He was inspired by the Dutch paintings that he studied at the Louvre, especially those of Pieter de Hooch, and imitated their quiet, intimate feel in his own still life and genre scenes. Through his relationship with Gustave Courbet, Bonvin became a leader in the Realist movement. He supported the artists of the movement such as half-brother Leon Bonvin, James McNeill Whistler, and Henri Fatin-Latour, giving them money, supplies, and exhibiting their work in his atelier. Later in his career, Bonvin traveled in the Netherlands and London before settling in a small French village to continue painting his small genre scenes.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Francois Bonvin, Francois Bonvin gravant a l"eau forte, 1861
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Francois Bonvin, The etcher, 1861
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Francois Bonvin, Boy with a bowl of soup, 1861
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Francois Bonvin, The Weaver, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Mangeur de soupe, 1861
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Francois Bonvin, Auguste Pequegnot, 1850
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Francois Bonvin, Rue Croulebarbe, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, La Guitariste, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, La Tisserande, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Street Scene, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Kitchen Maid, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Fileuse Bretonne, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Stone Archway, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Mandolin players, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Fileuse Bretonne, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Sortie de cave, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Etching materials, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Archway (La Porte de St. Malo a Dinan), 1871
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Francois Bonvin, Still Life with Violin, Sheet Music, and a Rose, 1870
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Francois Bonvin, Bords De La Rance (Pres de Dinan), 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Etching Materials (L"eau forts), 19th century
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Interior of Abbey of Aramont at Verberie
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Francois Bonvin - The Meadow 1869 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Francois Bonvin - Attributes of Music 1863 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Francois Bonvin - Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell 1876 oil on zinc The National Gallery, London French
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Landscape with a Bare Tree and a Plowman
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Francois Bonvin - Young Woman with a Mandolin, Portrait of Louison Kohler c. 1873-74 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Francois-Guillaume Menageot - The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of Francois I c. 1781 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Artist: attributed to François Lemoine and or possibly Jean-François de Troy Title: Cleopatra Date: 18th
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Jacques Louis David - Madame Francois Buron 1769 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Francois de Poilly, , 17th century
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 1743
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 1741
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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a man, 1657
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Jean-August-Dominique Ingres - Portrait of Pierre-Francois Bernier 1800 oil on paper mounted Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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John Singer Sargent - Mme. Francois Buloz (Christine Blaze) 1879 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 18th century
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Eugene Delacroix - A Portrait of Dr. Francois-Marie Desmaisons c. 1832-33 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a clergyman, 1664
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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a man, 17th century

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