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Léon Bonvin

French painter (1834–1866)
Person Human Q18508495

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1834
Date of death
January 30, 1866
Place of birth
Vaugirard
Place of death
Meudon
Country of citizenship
France[9]
Occupation
painter, watercolorist, musician, draftsperson
Sibling
François Bonvin[21]
Genre
genre painting, still life, landscape painting[11][12][13]
Cause of death
hanging to death[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[19]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library[28][29]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[27]
Depicted by
Self-portrait[18]
Family name
Bonvin[15]
Given name
Léon[16]
Has works in the collection
Walters Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, J. Paul Getty Museum[23][24][25][26]
Manner of death
suicide[17]
Name in native language
Charles Léon Bonvin[20]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leon Bonvin en Léon Bonvin es Leon Bonvin fr Charles Léon Bonvin pt Charles Léon Bonvin ru Бонвен, Леон ru Леон Бонвен
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000066809137
VIAF cluster ID
20743928
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80099004
GND ID
12875270X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Léon Bonvin - Self-portrait, 1866.jpg ↗
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
325-BONVIN-Leon
Artnet artist ID
léon-bonvin
AskArt person ID
11017780
Athenaeum person ID
7003
Benezit ID
B00022964
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
149701407, 135114616
Bridgeman artist ID
5121
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British Museum person or institution ID
20232
FAST ID
58752
Freebase ID
/m/0vnpkf8
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004636109707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
g11gbfb5yc7, m0vnpkf8
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gbfb5yc7
IdRef ID
050368737
Invaluable.com person ID
wd21jmqm4f
J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
person/103KT6
Met Constituent ID
71269
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
4608
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068642954
RKDartists ID
10470
Union List of Artist Names ID
500026027
Watercolour World artist ID
léon-bonvin
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdRvtx4DdjYbw7BxxmfMP
Yale LUX ID
person/beed1c97-2a8a-41db-96e6-d0b61e9371ac

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 4
Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Walters Art Museum
Genre 3
still life, landscape painting, genre painting
Occupation 2
musician, painter
Cause of death 1
hanging to death
Country of citizenship 1
France
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Manner of death 1
suicide
Place of birth 1
Vaugirard
Place of death 1
Meudon
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
François Bonvin
Siblings 1
François Bonvin
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Summary

Léon Bonvin was born in 1834[1] in Vaugirard[2]. He died on January 30, 1866[3], in Meudon[4]. He worked as a painter[5], watercolorist[6], musician[7], and draftsperson[8].

FAQs

Where was Léon Bonvin born?

Léon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard[2].

Where did Léon Bonvin die?

Léon Bonvin passed away in Meudon[4].

What did Léon Bonvin do for work?

Léon Bonvin worked as a painter[5], watercolorist[6], musician[7], and draftsperson[8].

Related Entities

France J. Paul Getty Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Meudon Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Walters Art Museum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archives.hauts-de-seine.fr. Retrieved . archives.hauts-de-seine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . archives.hauts-de-seine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, watercolorist, musician +1
    "Changed claim: Occupation: watercolorist, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect watercolorist → watercolorist (…"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Vaugirard
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Occupation → painter, watercolorist, musician +1
    Country of citizenship → France
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32074: import P21 and P106 from GND (21)"
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