A Distant View of St-Omer is a c.1824 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington.[1][2] Bonington moved to France when he was fourteen and became known for his views of the French countryside and coasts.[3] This painting depicts the town of Saint-Omer on River Aa in Picardy from a distance. A rural scene, the skyline of Saint-Omer and its taller, church buildings is dominated by the clouds and the near countryside.[4]
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| Artist | Richard Parkes Bonington |
| Year | c.1824 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 31.4 cm × 43.8 cm (12.4 in × 17.2 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The work is today in the collection of the Tate Britain in London having been acquired in 1910.[5]
References
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edit- Bauer, Gérald. The Eloquence of Colour: The Genius of Bonington's Contemporaries. Clem Arts, 2003.
- Bury, Stephen (ed.) Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1. OUP, 2012.
- Cormack, Malcolm. Bonnington. Phaidon Press, 1989.
- Ives, Colta Feller & Barker, Elizabeth E. ''Romanticism & the School of Nature: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Paintings from the Karen B. Cohen Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.
- Noon, Patrick & Bann, Stephen. Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics. Tate, 2003.
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