Richard Parkes Bonington

Only twenty-five at the time of his death in 1828, young Richard Parkes Bonington nevertheless was a seminal figure in the development of modernism in nineteenth-century French painting. This catalogue raisonn of his oil and watercolor paintings represents the first attempt to establish and present the artists complete known oeuvre. Drawing on 25 years of research, Patrick Noon catalogues, analyzes, and reproduces 400 artworks now indisputably attributed to Bonington. Many of these paintings have never before been published. The book sets Boningtons achievement in the context of the intellectual, social, and artistic ferment of high romanticism in Paris and London, and it shows the profound effect of his style on his friend and contemporary, Eugne Delacroix, and many others. Noons detailed and accurate study will inform all future discourse on Bonington and his remarkable legacy. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art