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1892 Vincennes, Indiana - 1979 Fort Wayne, Indiana. Known for: Landscape and still life painting, teaching, commercial art.
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific summer it was created, that it was painted in the late 1930's or early 1940's. His father and mother first began going to the Gaspe region in the 1920's. Louis desired that water be a major element in... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific summer it was created, that it was painted in the late 1930's or early 1940's. His father and mother first began going to the Gaspe region in the 1920's. Louis desired that water be a major element in his paintings. John indicates that his father viewed his seminal work in this direction wasa painting of rough conditions of the North Atlantic on the Maine coast created about 1920. Louis felt that with that painting his treatment of water begin a... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific summer it was created, that it was painted in the late 1930's or early 1940's. His father and mother first began going to the Gaspe region in the 1920's. Louis desired that water be a major element in his paintings. John indicates that his father viewed his seminal work in this direction wasa painting of rough conditions of the North Atlantic on the Maine coast created about 1920. Louis felt that with that painting his treatment of water begin a steady improvement. The Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula was one of Louis Bonsib's favorites. Incidentally,... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Brown County, Indiana
- •Ogunquit, Maine
Art Association
- •Hoosier Salon
Art School
- •Fort Wayne Art School, Indiana, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-