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In his delicate studies of flowers and fields, like this panoramic view of the distant Paris, Bonvin captured the beauty of nature, observed with an innocent, untrained eye. His untutored responses to nature permitted him to be more experimental than his contemporaries working in watercolor. A realist in his rendering of natural detail, Bonvin simultaneously foreshadowed Impressionism with his interest in light and atmosphere.
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149088
label
Landscape Near Paris
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obj
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drawing
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149088
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drawing
title
Landscape Near Paris
description
In his delicate studies of flowers and fields, like this panoramic view of the distant Paris, Bonvin captured the beauty of nature, observed with an innocent, untrained eye. His untutored responses to nature permitted him to be more experimental than his contemporaries working in watercolor. A realist in his rendering of natural detail, Bonvin simultaneously foreshadowed Impressionism with his interest in light and atmosphere.
date
c. 1860
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79929920
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11654
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 9.3 x 25 cm (3 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
1977.22
Source extras
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watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper
tombstone
Landscape Near Paris, c. 1860. Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper; sheet: 9.3 x 25 cm (3 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Arthur Mann, 1977.22
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description
cream(2) laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
VERSO, center, in black ink: 35.49. [upsidedown] ; ON A SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER (now removed and in departmental file), inscribed in brown ink: 158. Vue panoramiq[cropped] / environs de Paris - aquarelle / Léon Bonvin.
citations
citation
Guichané, Maud, Gabriel P. Weisberg, Léon Bonvin, Jo Briggs, Ger Luijten, and Michèle Quentin. Drawn to the Everyday: Léon Bonvin 1834-1866 : Catalogue Raisonné. Paris : Fondation Custodia, 2022.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 200, no. 99; mentioned: p. 250, no. 99
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Gift of Robert Arthur Mann
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2026-05-29 07:39:47.217000
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149088
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Drawings
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DR - French
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watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper
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male
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1
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photo
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