François Bonvin
French, 1817-1887
Still Life with a Copper Pot and Ladle
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François Bonvin
French, 1817-1887October 10, 1879
Still Life with a Copper Pot and Ladle
François Bonvin French, 1817-1887 →prints and drawingchalk
Date
October 10, 1879
Medium
Black and red chalk with traces of incising on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
Dimensions
14.8 × 20.2 cm (5 7/8 × 8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Celia and David Hilliard
Poor and largely self-taught, François Bonvin saved money for his art studies by working as a clerk in the Paris police department. He became friends with the painter Gustave Courbet and art critic Jules Champfleury and was influenced by the naturalism of earlier masters, such as Jan Vermeer and Jean-Baptiste Chardin. Bonvin came to be regarded as one of the founders of the French Realist movement. In 1879 ill health forced the artist to concentrate on small-scale still lifes, such as this intimate chalk study of humble kitchen implements.
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