Richard parkes bonington biography for kids

 

In 1824, he created a series of lithographs for a portfolio on Normandy, Picturesque and Romantic Tours of Old France (a collection published from 1820 to 1878).

As a result of this enterprise, he decided to make several trips, one to England and Scotland in 1825 with his friend Delacroix, and another to the north of France to paint landscapes featuring the coast and ports of Normandy.

Some of his most famous works resulted from this pilgrimage, including At the English Coast (1825) and Normandy Beach Scene (1826), watercolour and oil respectively, reflecting his interest in the atmospheric effects of light and colour.

The sky is, thus, an essential and main element in his landscapes, occupying a great deal of space in his compositions.

Bonington was especially interested in colour, always brilliant and luminous and with a certain emphasis on chiaroscuro, a palette with fluid and delicate brush strokes that evidently come fro