The Seine in Paris, Germain-Eugéne Bonneton, oil on canvas

Germain Eugéne BONNETON ( 1874 - 1915) les quais de la Seine à Paris,oil on canvas signed lower right 38 X 55 cm, in a carved and gilded wooden frame 55 X 72 cm
Germain-Eugène Bonneton died young, aged 41. Born into a modest family, he was educated at the Lycée de Tournon and continued his studies at the École Normale d'Enseignement du Dessin, the Guérin School in Paris, where he was a pupil of Albert Maignan and Luc-Olivier Merson. He set up his studio in Paris, painting snowy landscapes and views of Paris. A member of the Salon des Artistes Français, Bonneton received a mention in 1900, and a silver medal in 1913. He also founded and became president of the Cercle des Gobelins et des Beaux-Arts, exhibiting regularly in Paris, Rome and Ghent, and taking part in international exhibitions, including San Francisco in 1915.
Appointed telegraph sergeant in the 145th Territorial Infantry Regiment during the First World War, he died in Pithiviers, Loiret, as a result of his wounds. His body was transferred to the Tournon cemetery, where it now lies in the family vault.
The Château-musée de Tournon owns several works by this artist. Most of his works are held in French museums, including the Musée Carnavalet in Paris and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours,
Obituary of Eugène Bonneton(Le Temps - November 17, 1915 )
Sad news from the front. Eugène Bonneton, the delicate painter of old Paris, the Bièvre and Parisian winters, has just passed away in an ambulance in the Argonne, suffocated by asphyxiating gas. French painting has lost in him, along with a great heart, an artist of the finest talent.

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