blind. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1886. He died at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1887. In 1978 Editions Geoffroy-Dechaume published Les Maitres du XIX Siecle: Bonvin, Professor Gabriel Weisberg's critical analysis on the life and work of the artist. Gallery Bibliography Gabriel P. Weisberg : The Paintings of François Bonvin in the Wadsworth Atheneum, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1970. References 1817 births 1887 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters French Realist painters Sibling artists 19th-century French male artists