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Richard Parkes Bonington lived in France for most of his short life, training in the studio of Antoine Jean Gros, where he met and befriended Eugène Delacroix. He began painting in oils in about 1823, and his earliest oil paintings are predominantly of scenes along the coasts of Normandy and Picardy. While it had previously been suggested that A Fish Market near Boulogne was one of the paintings that caused a sensation at the Paris Salon of 1824, and for which Bonington was awarded a gold medal, this now seems less likely. Nonetheless, A Fish Market is without question one of the most ambitious and accomplished of his early paintings. – Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2022
Title
A Fish Market near Boulogne
Date
1824
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 82.2 x W 122.6 cm
Accession number
B1981.25.50
Acquisition method
Paul Mellon Collection
Work type
Painting
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