biography
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Bonington, Richard Parkes
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1802–28)
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| biography:
| Painter, born near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, C England, UK. About 1817 his family moved to Calais, and there and at Paris he studied art, and became a friend of Delacroix. His first works were exhibited in the Salon in 1822, mostly sketches of Le Havre and Lillebonne. He excelled in light effects achieved by the use of a large expanse of sky, broad areas of pure colour, and the silhouetting of dark and light masses, as well as his rich colouring of heavy draperies and brocades. |
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