Roadside Halt, 1826, Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm), Paintings, Richard Parkes Bonington (British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1802–1828 London), Set in Normandy, this canvas of 1826 is painted with a fluidity and lightness akin to watercolor, a medium in which Bonington excelled. Although the artist had been painting with oils for only about four years, works such as this were sufficiently remarkable to impress Eugène Delacroix, who wrote: 'I could never weary of admiring his marvelous understanding of effects, and the facility of his execution
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Roadside Halt, 1826, Oil, canvas, 18 1/4 x 14 7/8, 46.4 37.8 cm, Paintings, Richard Parkes Bonington, British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, 1802–1828, London, Set, Normandy, painted, fluidity, lightness akin, watercolor, medium, Bonington excelled, artist, painting, oils, four years, works, sufficiently remarkable, impress Eugène Delacroix, wrote, I, never weary, admiring, marvelous understanding, effects, facility, execution
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