Bonaventure de Bar
Bonaventure de Bar (1700 – September 1, 1729) was a French painter who painted after the manner of Watteau. Bonaventure de Bar was born in Paris, Bar was a pupil of Claude Guy Halle. He became a member of the Academy at Paris in September 1728, or December 1727, and his reception painting, a Fête Champêtre, is in the Louvre.
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Bonaventure de Bar

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- Born
- 1700 · Paris.
- Died
- 1729 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Languages
- French
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Bonaventure de Bar (1700 – September 1, 1729) was a French painter who painted after the manner of Watteau. Bonaventure de Bar was born in Paris, Bar was a pupil of Claude Guy Halle. He became a member of the Academy at Paris in September 1728, or December 1727, and his reception painting, a Fête Champêtre, is in the Louvre.
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Born at Paris in 1700, died in Paris in 1729.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Bonaventure de Bar is recorded in the collections of Walters Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes.

Bonaventure de Bar - Fête Champêtre - BF.1988.2 - Museum of Fine Arts
Bonaventure de Bar

Un bal champêtre, peint par Bonaventure de BAR
Bonaventure de Bar
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- Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 1)," , http://watteauandhiscircle.org/de%20bar%201.htm.
- Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 2)," , http://watteauandhiscircle.org/de%20bar%202.htm
- Robert Rey, Quelques Satellites de Watteau, Paris, 1921
- Guillaume Glorieux, « Un ensemble de décors peints par Bonaventure de Bar », in Revue de l'art, 2005, 150, p.47 - 54.
- Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 3)," , http://watteauandhiscircle.org/De%20Bar%20drawings.htm.
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