Bonnet Denis (1789-1877) “bowl Players In Carpentras, 1828” Vaucluse Provence Marseille

BONNET Denis (1789-1877)

“Boucle players in Carpentras, 1828”

Oil on canvas,
Signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas: “Bonnet 1828”
Old, barely legible label on the back and mentioning: “Madame Rax… judge.”

Rare painting by Carpentras artist Denis Bonnet which represents a lively scene in Carpentras. The artist depicts a game of pétanque between friends in his hometown.

He is the folk painter of the little people. Very pious, the artist creates religious paintings but also landscapes of Carpentras and its immediate surroundings which today represent beautiful historical testimonies.

Denis Bonnet is a self-taught painter born in Carpentras, from a very pious family of modest artisans. He settled in Paris in 1825 before returning very quickly to his hometown, which he never left. He taught drawing for almost half a century at the town's college and trained numerous Comtadin artists such as Bonaventure, Jules Laurens and Joseph Eysseric.
A talented copyist, he remains influenced in his religious paintings by 17th century painting. But it is in landscape art that the artist best expresses his sensitivity, his finesse and his sense of light. Famous Provencal author and author strongly attached to his region, he will donate his work, more than 300 drawings and paintings, to the Carpentras museum.
Furthermore, the Calvet museum in Avignon keeps a portrait of the artist representing Abbot Joseph Dominique Fabre de Saint-Véran.

A rare work, we can only point out three works by the artist for sale on the art market:
In 2014: “Carpentras, view taken from the North (1833)”, oil on paper, sold for €2,700 excluding shipping costs. sale.
In 2011, two works from the Chirée Collection:
- “View of the observance bell tower in Carpentras”, oil on cardboard, sold for €4,000
- “A market scene in Carpentras (1838)”, oil on canvas, sold for 3 500€

Dimensions: 23 x 36 cm without frame and 29.5 x 42.5 cm with its original gilded wood frame from the Empire period.

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