About this artwork
Although born in Nottinghamshire, Bonington spent most of his short career in France after his father emigrated to Calais. The artist is widely recognised today for his influence on the development of plein air (out of doors) landscape painting and as an important forerunner of Impressionism. The Normandy fishing village of Trouville-sur-Mer, which Bonington is known to have visited in the mid-1820s, was popular with painters.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828) English
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title:Les Salinieres near Trouville
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date created:1827 - 1828
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materials:Oil on millboard
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measurements:22.90 x 35.30 cm; Framed: 37.70 x 50.50 x 7.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Lady Binning 1952
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accession number:NG 2165
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gallery:
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Richard Parkes Bonington
Richard Parkes Bonington
Most of Bonington’s short life was spent in France after his father set up a lace manufactory in Calais. Through his acquaintance with Louis Francia in Calais, he consolidated his own outstanding talent for watercolour – a medium he subsequently promoted among the leading young Parisian artists,...
