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1805 Portsmouth, England - 1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Marine and landscape painting.
Born in Portsmouth, England, George Bonfield arrived in Philadelphia in 1816 and there learned stone carving from a stone master working on the New Jersey estate of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of... Read full biography
Born in Portsmouth, England, George Bonfield arrived in Philadelphia in 1816 and there learned stone carving from a stone master working on the New Jersey estate of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napolean. He was also exposed to European art, and successfully copied Old Masters. In 1820, Bonfield... Read full biography
Born in Portsmouth, England, George Bonfield arrived in Philadelphia in 1816 and there learned stone carving from a stone master working on the New Jersey estate of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napolean. He was also exposed to European art, and successfully copied Old Masters. In 1820, Bonfield enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and studied with Thomas Vest. He became prominent in Philadelphia cultural life. He did some landscapes, but primarily he was a marine artist of scenes... Read full biography
Born in Portsmouth, England, George Bonfield arrived in Philadelphia in 1816 and there learned stone carving from a stone master working on the New Jersey estate of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napolean. He was also exposed to European art, and successfully copied Old Masters. In 1820, Bonfield enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and studied with Thomas Vest. He became prominent in Philadelphia cultural life. He did some landscapes, but primarily he was a marine artist of scenes along the Delaware River and Atlantic Coast. His work was popular in the 1840s and 1850s, and many of his collectors were wealthy people invested in shipping activities. After the Civil War, his popularity declined in the face of impressionism and... Read full biography
Born in Portsmouth, England, George Bonfield arrived in Philadelphia in 1816 and there learned stone carving from a stone master working on the New Jersey estate of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napolean. He was also exposed to European art, and successfully copied Old Masters. In 1820, Bonfield enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and studied with Thomas Vest. He became prominent in Philadelphia cultural life. He did some landscapes, but primarily he was a marine artist of scenes along the Delaware River and Atlantic Coast. His work was popular in the 1840s and 1850s, and many of his collectors were wealthy people invested in shipping activities. After the Civil War, his popularity declined in the face of impressionism and other modernist styles that he did not adopt. He was also a collector of engravings and lithographs.... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991Sullivan, Mark W225 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)American Paintings
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia36 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings612 pagesThe American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989Fresella-Lee, Nancy222 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)American Paintings
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia23 pagesDictionary of Sea Painters
1980Archibald, E H H455 pages (color)The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III325 pages (color)The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesHistory of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954Clark, Eliot296 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages