Bonaventure de Bar

Bonaventure de Bar, who was born in 1700, painted after the manner of Watteau. 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. He died in 1729.

References

For an up-to-date, authoritative account of Bonaventure de Bar see Martin Eidelberg's series of articles:

• Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 1)," June 15, 2011, http://watteauandhiscircle.org/de%20bar%201.htm.
• Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 2)," September 30, 2011, http://watteauandhiscircle.org/de%20bar%202.htm.
• Martin Eidelberg, "Defining the Oeuvre of Bonaventure de Bar (Part 3)," June 20, 2013, http://watteauandhiscircle.org/De%20Bar%20drawings.htm.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "BAR, Bonaventure de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]