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

Richard Parkes Bonington , 1827

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon), by Richard Parkes Bonington, ink, 1827
Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon), by Richard Parkes Bonington, ink, 1827

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Richard Parkes Bonington. It dates from 1827 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Inscription
Inscribed:lower left in stone: Bonington 1827; lower right below image: Lith de Engelmann rue du Faub. Montmartre No 6 Paris; lower center below image: Vue d'une rue des faubourgs de Besançon / France Comté

About this work

Overview

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon is a 1827 lithograph on chine collé by English artist Richard Parkes Bonington, capturing a street scene in Besançon's outskirts.

Subject & Meaning

The print depicts a rustic street lined with aged, somewhat dilapidated buildings, bustling with people and smoke-filled chimneys, romanticizing everyday urban life.

Technique & Style

Bonington's lithograph on chine collé achieves a textured, depthful quality, characteristic of his skill in conveying light and atmosphere, blending English and French artistic influences.

History & Provenance

Created during Bonington's time in France, where he bridged English Romanticism with French traditions, before his death at 26, which prematurely ended a career influential to British art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonington

Artist

Richard Parkes Bonington

Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter.

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

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon) was painted by Richard Parkes Bonington in 1827.

Where can I see Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon)?

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon) is held by National Gallery of Art.

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

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon) is associated with Romanticism.

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