"He had but the cold hours of the morning or the heavy hours of the night in which to draw and paint his water-colors." Philippe Burty, "Léon Bonvin," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1885. ....yet in the 7 year period between 1859 and his death he created numerous exquisite still lifes of flowers and fruits, and subtle landscapes capturing fleeting atmospheric effects. (http://art.thewalters.org/detail/19929/moonlight-scene-houses-in-background/)