Wild Rose Bush in front of a Nocturnal Landscape
Léon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard, just outside Paris in 1834. Despite displaying great talent in the medium of watercolor he was largely unrecognized by his contemporaries. In 1866 he hanged himself at the age of 32, apparently due to financial difficulties. Working at his fa...
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William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864 (?) [1] or 1867 (?) [2], by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] possibly one of seven purchased by Lucas in 1864 (see Randall, Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 172 and p. 174).[2] In a diary entry for 1 February 1867 George Lucas records ""At Actors & bought aquarelle of Leon Bonvin (Moonlight) for 45 fs"" (see Randall, Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 233). This could refer to this waltercolor, or perhaps more likely, 37.1514. ""Moonlight Scene"" was likely hanging in Walters' Baltimore townhouse from 1885 (“The Walters Art Collection, Recent Additions – Barye, Millet, Bonnat – Bonvin’s Water Colors,” Baltimore Sun, 1 February 1886, p. 4.), described in R.B. Gruelle's catalogue of the gallery ""Notes Critical and Biographical"" (1895), p. 189.
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