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Who painted this? #53

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wintertime paradigm for this week's challenge - past times a painter I'd non heard of before.

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Who Painted This #51 - The Answer

Birds resting on bushes (1864)
past times Léon Bonvin

• Title of the artwork: Birds Resting on Bushes
• Name of the creative someone who created this artwork: Léon Bonvin (1834-1866)
• Date it was created: 1864
• Media used: watercolor amongst paste heightening, gouache, atomic issue 26 gall ink together with pen, together with graphite over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper; Height: 24.4 cm (9.6 in). Width: 18.5 cm (7.3 in).
• Where it lives now: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

This webpage on the Walters Art Museum website displays to a greater extent than lovely paintings past times this real accomplished artist. He excelled at paradigm wild flowers.

You tin also run into to a greater extent than of his paintings on James Gurney's weblog inwards this post service The deplorable together with beautiful even out of Léon Bonvin

This the even out of the creative someone every bit told on the Walters Art Museum website

Léon Bonvin was born inwards Vaugirard, simply exterior Paris inwards 1834. Despite displaying cracking talent inwards the medium of watercolor he was largely unrecognized past times his contemporaries. In 1866 he hanged himself at the historic menses of 32, plainly due to fiscal difficulties. Working at his family's bar or "cabaret," he sketched together with painted watercolors alone inwards his spare moments, yet inwards the 7 yr menses betwixt 1859 together with his expiry he created numerous exquisite yet lifes of flowers together with fruits, together with subtle landscapes capturing fleeting atmospheric effects. There is show that, despite his rural home, Bonvin did convey noesis of the fine art basis inwards Paris. His half-brother was the amend known artist, François Bonvin. In add-on Bonvin's yet lifes demo the influence of Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), whose function was undergoing a revival inwards the 1850s together with 60s. During the 19th century an appreciation of Bonvin's function was confined to a pocket-size circle of connoisseurs together with collectors, most prominent amid them William T. Walters, manful someone raise of Henry Walters, founder of the Walters Art Museum. For much of the 19th century William displayed together with stored his watercolors inwards a deluxe leather-bound album amongst a peculiarly commissioned frontispiece together with tailpiece past times the renowned bloom painter of the Lyon school, Jean-Marie Reignier (see WAM 37.1501 together with 37. 1531). William's collection of Bonvin's function was acquired betwixt 1862 together with 1891, together with eventually comprised 56 watercolors together with one, rare oil; today, this is the largest collection of Bonvin's function inwards existence.

Who guessed correct?

Who painted this #52? - Just ane someone got it right this calendar week - Bernadette Madden.  Not surprising every bit the painter was a chip to a greater extent than obscure than usual.

Bernadette did a real thorough project every bit per park inwards researching what is known nearly painter together with painting.  You tin read to a greater extent than nearly him past times clicking the link to the post

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