Léon Bonnat

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Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat Hon. RA (born June 20, 1833 in Bayonne , † September 8, 1922 in Monchy-Saint-Éloi , Département Oise ) was a French painter.

Life

Bonnat first became a student of Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz in Madrid and then joined Léon Cogniet's studio in Paris at the age of 21 . His history pictures are characterized by a solid, strong, Spanish-style coloring and harmony of color; his figures, free from all coquetry, are vigorously modeled, stand out clearly and brightly and show a great sharpness of characteristics, which of course sometimes is increased to rawness. In 1874 he created a "crucified Christ" which, because of its naturalistic, almost expressionistic depiction, met with rejection from the public and art critics alike.

Since 1875 he has mainly devoted himself to portraits and has achieved a great reputation in Paris society in this regard. One of the first of its kind was the portrait of actress Alix Pasca . His masterpieces are the portraits of Adolphe Thiers , Victor Hugo and President Jules Grévy , which are characterized by size and energy of the characteristics and by a modeling of great plastic power. In 1915 Bonnat was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , two years later also an honorary member ( Honorary NA ) of the National Academy of Design .

At the age of 89 he died on September 8, 1922 in Monchy-Saint-Éloi, Dept. Oise.

Works (selection)

  • Adam and Eve Finding Abel's Body (1860, Museum in Lille)
  • The martyrdom of St. Andrew
  • Antigone leads her blind father Oedipus (1865)
  • The pilgrims in front of the statue of St. Peter in St. Peter's Church (1864)
  • Neapolitan country people in front of the Farnese Palace in Rome (1866)
  • Half a Bajocco, Your Excellency (1864)
  • Vincent von Paula takes the chains off a galley slave (1866)
  • Assumption of Mary (1869)
  • Street in Jerusalem
  • Turkish barber (1872)
  • The humorous Scherzo (1873)
  • Christ crucified (1874)
  • Madame Léopold Stern (1879)
  • Job (1880)
  • Idyll (1890)
  • Portrait Marguerite Steinheil (1899)

student

Bonnat's students included Gustave Caillebotte , Adrien Henri Tanoux , Jean Béraud , Walter Gay , Julia Beck , Georges Paul Leroux , Milan Milovanović , Edvard Munch , Stanhope Forbes , Louis Béroud , Julien Duvocelle , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , Richard Reimans , Goseda Yoshimatsu and Václav Sochor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "B" / Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin Honorary 1917 ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 15, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

gallery

annotation

The whereabouts of the paintings or collections refer to the year 1889. These can be located elsewhere today.

Web links

Commons : Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


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personal data
SURNAME Bonnat, Léon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayonne
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1922
Place of death Monchy-Saint-Éloi , Oise department