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Near Quillebeuf
Richard Parkes Boningtonbetween 1824 and 1825
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
Unlike J. M.W. Turner, whose coasts carry the weight of high drama, Richard Parkes Bonington’s shore profiles are often almost completely flat, the horizon line kept daringly low, and the composition shorn of extraneous detail. There are some hints here of the influence of John Constable, whose success in Paris coincided exactly with the younger Bonington’s gold medal at the Salon of 1824, but the overall effect is one of calm —a fusion of personal observation of the French coast and Dutch masters of the seventeenth century.
Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2022
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- Title: Near Quillebeuf
- Creator: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
- Creator Lifespan: 1802/1828
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: between 1824 and 1825
- Physical Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 21 inches (42.5 x 53.3 cm) Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
- Subject Keywords: clouds, sky, shore (landform), hill, sea, sand, sunlight, fence, ships, boats, landscape, beach, horses (animals)
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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