BONIS (Henri). - Lot 327

BONIS (Henri). 1868–1921. Painter from Toulouse. A collection of 8 signed drawings by Henri Bonis, including: 2 genre scenes (red chalk, 14 x 20 cm); 6 sketches, studies, and designs for allegorical frescoes or decorative panels (black ink and graphite, 10x16, 13.5x19.5, 21 x 15, 14 x 20, 10.5 x 20, 21 x 28 cm). ENCLOSED are several documents related to the painter: - Appointment of Henri Bonis as “member of the Commission responsible for overseeing the Museum of Painting and Sculpture” of the city of Toulouse (document signed by Mayor Jean Rieux, June 1912). – Temporary residence permit for the artist (April 1916). – Manuscript by the poet Paul DOUSSIET, “Glory to Master Bonis, vibrant landscape painter / Where the poet sings with the soul of an artist (…). ” (text in Occitan, February 1910). – 3 excerpts, biographical articles about Henri Bonis from the 1890s.