Stilleven
François Bonvin
1871
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
36; 8.5; 45.5
About this artwork
height 45.5 cm x width 36 cm
About the Artist
François Bonvin
François Bonvin (1817–1887) was a French Realist painter whose quiet, meticulously observed canvases of domestic interiors and humble working-class subjects placed him among the most thoughtful and committed practitioners of the Realist movement in nineteenth-century France. Born in Vaugirard, on the outskirts of Paris, Bonvin came from modest origins and largely educated himself as an artist thro...