The Seine In Paris, Germain-eugéne Bonneton, Oil On Canvas

Germain Eugéne BONNETON (1874 - 1915) the quays of the Seine in Paris, oil on canvas signed lower right 38 X 55 cm, in a carved and gilded wooden frame 55 X 72 cm Germain-Eugène Bonneton died young, in 41 years. Born into a modest family, he studied at the Lycée de Tournon and continued at the Normal School for the Teaching of Drawing, the Guérin School in Paris. He was a pupil of Albert Maignan and Luc-Olivier Merson at the Fine Arts of Paris. He set up his studio in Paris, he produced snowy landscapes and views of Paris. Member of the Salon des Artistes Français, Bonneton obtained a mention in 1900, and was awarded a silver medal in 1913. He also founded the circle of Gobelins and Beaux-Arts, of which he became president. He exhibited regularly in Paris, then in Rome, Ghent and participated in international exhibitions including that of San Francisco in 1915. Appointed telegraph sergeant in the 145th Territorial Infantry Regiment during the First World War, he died in Pithiviers in the Loiret as a result of his injuries. His body was transferred to the Tournon cemetery and now rests in the family vault. The Château-musée de Tournon has several works by this artist. Most of his works are kept in French museums including the Carnavalet Museum in Paris and the Fine Arts Museum in Tours, Obituary of Eugène Bonneton (Le Temps - November 17, 1915) Sad news arrives from the front. Eugène Bonneton, the delicate painter of old Paris, La Bièvre and Parisian winters, has just died in an ambulance in the Argonne, suffocated by asphyxiating gases. French painting loses in him, along with a big heart, an artist of the most beautiful talent.