François Bocion1828–1890Fishing
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Victoria and Albert Museum
RoomPaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies GalleriesLondon, United Kingdom
On public display.
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- 7 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
François Bocion (1828-1890) was born in Lausanne. He first trained with Christian Gottlieb Steinlen (1779-1847) in Vevey and subsequently with François Bonnet (1811-1894) in Lausanne. In Paris in 1845, Bocion entered the atelier of Louis-Aimé Grosclaude (1784-1869) and later that of Charles Gleyre (1806-1874) and befriended Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) and other important exponents of the Realist movement. Back in Lausanne in 1849 he became a teacher at the Ecole moyenne et industrielle of Lausane, a position he held until his death. At the same time, he had an extensive output with several travels abroad. He exhibited in Paris, Vienna, Anvers, London and was a founder member of the Swiss society of watercolorists (1884).
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This painting is a fine example of Bocion's early compositions when he was inspired by various subject matters. This Fisherman belongs to a series of portraits of characters Bocion executed in the 1850s. The palette, typically enlivened with purple hues in Bocion's oeuvre, and the handling of paint recalls the Realist movement emerged in Paris in the 1840s.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- Accession number
- 1595-1869
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