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: (60)
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Francois Bonvin Francois Bonvin gravant a l'eau forte Etching 1861
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Francois Bonvin The etcher etching 1861
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Francois Bonvin The Weaver etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Boy with a bowl of soup etching 1861
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Francois Bonvin Etching materials etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Mangeur de soupe Etching 1861
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Francois Bonvin Rue Croulebarbe Etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin La Guitariste Etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Stone Archway etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin La Tisserande Etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Mandolin players etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Auguste Pequegnot Etching 1850
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Francois Bonvin Kitchen Maid etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Fileuse Bretonne etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Street Scene etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Fileuse Bretonne Etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Sortie de cave Etching 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Bords De La Rance (Pres de Dinan) 19th century
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Francois Bonvin Archway (La Porte de St. Malo a Dinan) Etching 1871
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Francois Bonvin Still Life with Violin, Sheet Music, and a Rose oil on canvas 1870
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Francois Bonvin Etching Materials (L'eau forts) Etching 19th century
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Portrait du père de l'artiste (1893) by BONVIN Léon
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Interior of Abbey of Aramont at Verberie
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Portrait de Bonvin (19e siècle) by MONNIER Henry Bonaventure
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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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Le Verre d'eau (4e quart 19e siècle) by BONVIN François
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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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Un jardin (1875 en) by BONVIN Léon
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Porte et mur à côté de la maison de Léon Bovin (1856 en) by BONVIN Léon
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Landscape with a Bare Tree and a Plowman
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Portrait charge de Bonvin, les yeux exorbités (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Une cabane à lapins avec deux lapins (1856 en) by BONVIN Léon
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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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Tête de femme, étude (2e moitié 19e siècle) by BONVIN François
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PORT-MARLY, DIT AUSSI PETIT ETANG (1872) by BONVIN François
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Chat couché, tourné vers la droite (1856 en) by BONVIN Léon
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Tête d'homme, de trois quarts vers la gauche (1850 en) by BONVIN François
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La classe enfantine ou l'école des orphelines (1850 en) by BONVIN François
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Une paysanne portant une coiffe, un tablier blanc et un panier (1876 en) by BONVIN François
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Plate-forme de pierre avec une grande roue au milieu d'un terrain nu (1854 en) by BONVIN Léon
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Nature morte (1864) by BONVIN François
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LaTamise à Gravesend (1871 en) by BONVIN François
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NATURE MORTE AU LIEVRE (1863) by BONVIN François
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NATURE MORTE AU BRIE (1863) by BONVIN François
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NATURE MORTE AU CANARD (1863) by BONVIN François
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La jetée à Gravesend (1871 en) by BONVIN François
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Paysan, coiffé d'un bonnet, en manches de chemise, sa veste sur l'épaule (1876 en) by BONVIN François
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Emile Florentin Daumont La cuisiniere etching 19th - 20th century
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Petite fille assise (19e siècle) by BONVIN François
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Abel Lurat l'Ouvroir etching and engraving 19th century
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Barque de pêcheur by BONVIN François
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Jeune femme jouant avec son collier (2e moitié 19e siècle) by BONVIN François
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Le pont de Waterloo, à Londres (1871 en) by BONVIN François
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L'AVE MARIA ; INTERIEUR DU COUVENT D'ARAMONT (1870) by BONVIN François
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Un caniche blanc et un chat près d'un poêle by BONVIN Léon
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Paysage nocturne : effet de lune by BONVIN Léon
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Les souliers d'un réserviste (1876) by BONVIN François
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Simon Francois Ravenet II The Death of Seneca 1768
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Deux profils d'hommes tournés à gauche by BONVIN Léon

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