The Richard Parkes Bonington UniverseFrom the opposite bank to Rouen, Bonington captures the city in the changing air of the Seine: a small sign connects English sensibility and French formation.
1802 - 1828Brief life between England and France
Around 1825Date of view of the Seine
27.9 × 33 cmDimensions of painted cardboard
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England -France, 1802 -1828 · Air, Seine and transnational romanticism
From the opposite bank to Rouen, Bonington captures the city in the changing air of the Seine: a small sign connects English sensibility and French formation.
Richard Parkes Bonington was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, in 1802 and died in London in 1828, at just twenty-five years old. English by birth but trained in France with Antoine-Jean Gros, he occupies an essential place in the histories of British and French art. Seen near Rouen, painted around 1825 in oil on strong cardboard, measures 27.9 × 33 cm. Bonington works from the bank of the Seine opposite the city, probably at the end of summer or autumn. He has just returned from London, where he was marked by Constable and Turner and where he found Delacroix and other French romantics. The reduced format and light support favor direct observation. Water, sky, banks and architecture are less inventoried than brought together by a mobile atmosphere, giving Rouen the freshness of an apparition. The "Richard Parkes Bonington" selection notably compares View near Rouen. His reading favors atmosphere.
Rouen is not drawn stone by stone: it is formed in the humid air which connects the city, the river and the sky.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Train in France
Gros' teaching gives Bonington a French pictorial culture. This milestone sheds light on the "Richard Parkes Bonington" collection by prioritizing atmosphere.
Return from London
Constable, Turner and the exchanges with Delacroix enrich his outlook.
Painting Rouen from the Seine
The small support establishes an atmosphere more than an exhaustive topography.
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Unifying atmosphere
The sky and water give their common tone to the constructions. This line guides a reading of "Richard Parkes Bonington" centered on the atmosphere.
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Mobile key
The shapes remain precise without losing the freshness of direct work.
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Double belonging
English and French traditions meet without confusing each other.
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Traveler format
Cardboard allows for quick, light and time-conscious painting.
Explore by universe
Rouen between water and sky
Seine, city, season and artistic circulation explain the discreet modernity of this small view.
Seine01
The moving mirror
The river organizes the distance and diffuses changes in light.
For space. Reading "Richard Parkes Bonington" through atmosphere.Rouen02
An atmospheric city
Architecture remains identifiable while belonging to climate.
For the placeSeason03
The uncertain light
Late summer or autumn give the pattern its balance of softness and humidity.
For the weatherExchanges04
London meets Paris
Turner, Constable, Gros and Delacroix shed light on the painter's transnational position.
For historySeine, circa 182505
View near Rouen
Rouen appears beyond the river in a light resulting from the dialogue between English and French romanticism.
Landmark work by Richard Parkes BoningtonStyle06
Unifying atmosphere
The sky and water give their common tone to the constructions. This line guides a reading of "Richard Parkes Bonington" centered on the atmosphere.
Reading key for Richard Parkes Bonington
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View near Rouen
Around 1825, Bonington painted a view from the bank of the Seine where the climate was as important as the urban silhouette.
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A moderate horizontal format will preserve the freshness of the original cardboard. Blonde wood, very fine gilding or bluish gray frame will accompany the atmosphere.
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