# Landscape

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/landscape-rd8dfc91ef02f17>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BONINGTON, Richard Parkes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 34 x 46 cm

## Commentary

Following the lead of Dutch artists, Bonnington devoted most of the space in his landscapes to delicate, often bright harmonies of sky and water. Such compositions erode the strict classical scheme, unrepentantly sacrificing rational construction in favour of sensation.

## Related artworks

- [A Venetian Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/a-venetian-scene-rc6a49635117d38>)
- [Boats near the Shore of Normandy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/boats-near-the-shore-of-normandy-re9544e18153533>)
- [Henri III](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/henri-iii-r416e586c8d8345>)
- [On the Adriatic](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/on-the-adriatic-r1b7eb7bec834dd>)
- [On the Coast of Picardy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/on-the-coast-of-picardy-r47e604b3a925e6>)
- [Rouen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/rouen-r644129c575de83>)
- [Sunset in the Pays de Caux](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/sunset-in-the-pays-de-caux-r330c3349008098>)
- [Water Basin at Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bonington-richard-parkes-r04105699144462/water-basin-at-versailles-re26ba4f50bd1d2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)