Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Louis-Marin Bonnet was a painter and engraver, and as such, he invented one of the first color-printing methods with many matrices and with a pastel-like effect. In 1769, he published a treatise titled Le Pastel en gravure inventé, et execute par Louis Bonnet, about his new method. His workshop, in Rue St. Jacques since 1772, has produced many works of diverse quality from nearly perfect printed reproductions of masterpieces in pastel colors to genre scenes and illustrations, like the one in this study, realized under his direction and always in line with the new technique of the pastel manner. The work Le Petit-Maître is an amusing and typical 18th-century illustration in costume and probably the represented character is the protagonist of a 1734 comedy by Pierre de Marivaux.
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Pastel, Etching
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Pastel, Etching
1970s Abstract Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Lithograph, Aquatint
1920s Modern Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Drypoint, Etching
1980s Surrealist Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching, Aquatint, Paper
1970s Modern Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Aquatint, Etching
Late 20th Century Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching, Paper
1930s American Modern Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Drypoint, Etching
1960s American Realist Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching
1780s Baroque Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching
Early 20th Century Art Deco Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Pencil, Drypoint, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching, Paper
1970s Surrealist Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching
Early 20th Century Modern Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Etching
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Pastel, Etching
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Art
Lithograph