Auguste Bonheur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Bonheur

French painter

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1824

Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1884

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Auguste Bonheur (3 November 1824 in Bordeaux – 21 February 1884 in Bellevue, Seine-et-Oise) was a French painter of animals and bucolic scenes in landscapes.
In his compositions he was able to accurately depict the horizon, ambience, luminous settings and space.
His works show the influence of the paintings of cattle by seventeenth-century Dutch painters such as Aelbert Cuyp and Paulus Potter. During his lifetime Bonheur's works were compared to those of his more successful older sister, the renowned animal painter Rosa Bonheur.
This is believed to have had a negative effect on his career.
Nevertheless, Bonheur's paintings enjoyed popularity among British art collectors.
In the Netherlands, the uncle of Vincent van Gogh, an art dealer also called Vincent van Gogh, owned one of his paintings.