Monday, August 15, 2011

Monday Morning Museum: Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat




Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat – Thursday 20 June 1833 Bayonne, France to Friday 8 September 1922 Monchy-Saint-Éloi, France

French Academic Painter


My experience in the Sistine Chapel was somewhat different than the one being depicted in this Bonnat painting - Intérieur de la Chapelle Sixtine, circa 1877-1879 – I was certainly not alone with my thoughts and admiration.




Last Monday’s Artist - Katsushika Hokusai
Next Monday’s Artist – Joseph Mallord William Turner


Images:
Left: La Petite Sœur de L’artiste, 1850 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: Roman Girl at a Fountain, 1875 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Jeune Fille Italienne, date unknown from the website the-athenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent


Monday Morning Museum logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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