Auguste Bonheur | |
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![]() Portrait of Auguste-François Bonheur by French photographer Adolphe Dallemagne | |
Born | Bordeaux, France | 3 November 1824
Died | 21 February 1884 Paris, France | (aged 59)
Nationality | French |
Education | National School of Fine Arts in Paris |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Realism |
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Awards | Knight of the Legion of Honour |
Auguste Bonheur (3 November 1824 in Bordeaux – 21 February 1884 in Bellevue, Seine-et-Oise)[1] was a French painter of animals and bucolic scenes in landscapes. In his compositions he was able to accurately depict the horizon, ambience, luminous settings and space. His works show the influence of the paintings of cattle by seventeenth-century Dutch painters such as Aelbert Cuyp and Paulus Potter.
During his lifetime Bonheur's works were compared to those of his more successful older sister, the renowned animal painter Rosa Bonheur. This is believed to have had a negative effect on his career. Nevertheless, Bonheur's paintings enjoyed popularity among British art collectors. In the Netherlands, the uncle of Vincent van Gogh, an art dealer also called Vincent van Gogh, owned one of his paintings.[2][3]