1825
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, Franche-Comté: Vue d'une rue des faubourgs de Besançon is a 1825 by Richard Parkes Bonington, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This street scene shows a mix of old buildings in different states. On the left, a sturdy stone house has tall windows and a carved doorway. To the right, a crumbling house is half-collapsed, with smoke rising from its roof. People in long coats and hats walk or stand in the street, some carrying bags. A few kids play near the left building, while others gather in a small group near the damaged house. The contrast between the intact and ruined buildings might hint at a story of change. The title mentions it’s from Besançon, a city in France. Look up Romanticism to see how artists used emotion and drama in their work.
Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter.
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