Richard Parkes Bonington

Parkes Bonington, Richard

British, 1802 - 1828

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British painter (1801-1828)

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Richard Parkes Bonington, Sketch of a Woman, 1828, pen and brown ink on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.2.4

Sketch of a Woman

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1828 · pen and brown ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1944.2.4

Richard Parkes Bonington, Entree de la rade de Rio-Janeiro, 1827, lithograph, Rosenwald Collection, 1950.16.4

Entree de la rade de Rio-Janeiro

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1827 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1950.16.4

Richard Parkes Bonington, Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon), 1827, lithograph on chine collé, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.83

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon)

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1827 · lithograph on chine collé ·  Accession ID  2002.98.83

Richard Parkes Bonington, Croix de Moulin-les-Planches, 1827, lithograph on chine colle paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.202

Croix de Moulin-les-Planches

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1827 · lithograph on chine colle paper ·  Accession ID  1980.45.202

Richard Parkes Bonington, Chateau de Bothwell, 1826, lithograph, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1975.34.61

Chateau de Bothwell

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1975.34.61

Richard Parkes Bonington, Chateau d'Argyle, 1826, lithograph, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.53.2

Chateau d'Argyle

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1974.53.2

Richard Parkes Bonington, Bologna, 1826/1827, etching, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.2075

Bologna

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826/1827 · etching ·  Accession ID  1943.3.2075

Richard Parkes Bonington, Lac Lomond, 1826, lithograph, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1975.34.62

Lac Lomond

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1975.34.62

Richard Parkes Bonington, Lac de Killin, 1826, lithograph, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1975.34.63

Lac de Killin

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  1975.34.63

We look across a sun-drenched canal lined with boats and cream-white buildings under a vivid blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. A broad, blue swath of water stretches across the lower third of the picture. White, balconied buildings with terracotta-red tiled roofs face the canal on both sides. Closest to us, to our left, a shallow skiff holds a man in a red cap who holds a large rust-red and white sail stretched out along his boat. Behind him is a cluster of other boats, one with a tall, bare mast and two red-capped sailors. On our right, a partially submerged wooden platform provides a resting spot for three swimmers. Beyond them, the blue canal extends toward a hazy distance, where a white tower points up into white clouds. The canal presumably curves around a corner, because our view is enclosed in the distance by a band of buildings and a bridge, which are loosely painted. A bright blue sky, dotted with wispy white clouds, stretches across the top two-thirds of the scene.
Richard Parkes Bonington, The Grand Canal, 1826/1827, oil on canvas, Gift of Victoria and Roger Sant, 2001.87.1

The Grand Canal

Richard Parkes Bonington · 1826/1827 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2001.87.1

Bibliography

1924

  • Dubuisson, A. and C. E. Hughes. Richard Parkes Bonington. London, 1924.

1965

  • Spencer, Marion L. R. P. Bonington 1802-1828. Exh. cat. Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, 1965.

1979

  • Ingamells, John. Richard Parkes Bonington. Wallace Collection Monographs 3. London, 1979.

  • Peacock, Carlos. Richard Parkes Bonington. London, 1979.

1985

  • Pointon, Marcia. Bonington, Francis & Wyld. Exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985:33-63, 125-153.

1989

  • Cormack, Malcolm. Bonington. Oxford, 1989.

1991

  • Noon, Patrick. Richard Parkes Bonington. Exh. cat. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut; Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris. New Haven, 1991.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 19-21.