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Barges on a River
Richard Parkes Bonington1826
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
It seems likely that this painting was a studio composition rather than a view, because Richard Parkes Bonington incorporates, with great facility, a number of familiar English and Dutch motifs: Turnerian trees on the left, for example, and the angular, rather geometrical stumps and blocky foreground barge, all joined by a windmill plucked from Rembrandt. This may not be entirely fair, though, since we know Bonington sketched windmills near Mantes in about 1825.
Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2022
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- Title: Barges on a River
- Creator: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
- Creator Lifespan: 1802/1828
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: 1826
- Physical Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (25.1 x 35.2 cm) Frame: 14 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (36.8 × 47 cm)
- Subject Keywords: marine art, boats, barges (flat-bottomed watercraft), dock, reflection, windmill, trees, river, sky, clouds, seagulls, landscape
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Oil on millboard
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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