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Landscape Near Paris

c. 1860

Léon Bonvin

(French, 1834–1866)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper
Support
Cream(2) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 9.3 x 25 cm (3 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Arthur Mann 1977.22
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In his delicate studies of flowers and fields, like this panoramic view of the distant Paris, Bonvin captured the beauty of nature, observed with an innocent, untrained eye. His untutored responses to nature permitted him to be more experimental than his contemporaries working in watercolor. A realist in his rendering of natural detail, Bonvin simultaneously foreshadowed Impressionism with his interest in light and atmosphere.
A horizontally oriented watercolor and gouache drawing depicts a panoramic landscape under a vast cream sky. In the foreground, a dark green field with a wooden fence meets a steep tan embankment on the right. The middle ground features a distant town with an industrial chimney and church spire on the left. Pale blue hills span the horizon, with a building atop a peak on the right.

Landscape Near Paris

c. 1860

Léon Bonvin

(French, 1834–1866)
France, 19th century

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